Steveawiggins

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• Evolving Tales

  

  There’s nothing like a six-and-a-half hour flight to get some reading done. I’d made good progress on Kurt Vonnegut’s Galápagos before leaving for... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In Middle Earth

  

  I try to make the best of business travel. I had all-day obligations this time around, but fortunately my hotel was next to a place of some renown. The house... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• From Above

  

  You can see a lot from 35,000 feet. Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” comes back to me, although I’d never make so bold as to associate myself with Horus. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Selection, Natural Or Not

  

  Darwin is extinct, it seems. At least in the UK. Perhaps I ought to explain. I do not travel to England often, and I’m not always good about changing cash befor... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prejudice, Technically

  

  I must admit that I received my first “smart phone” with more than a little trepidation. It was going on a decade ago and I didn’t know my app from a hole in th... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On a Jet Plane

  

  So I’m heading to England. Not for pleasure—this is a business trip. Long ago, back when I worked for Routledge, I discovered that I dislike business travel. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not for Men

  

  Does anyone else think that feeding fishmeal to herbivores so that they, in turn can be eaten, is weird? Brian Fagan in his Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilizatio... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Weathering the Sun

  

  I may have given up on Weathering the Psalms a bit prematurely. Those who know me know that the weather impacts my mood. Now that I have a yard to mow that... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Best If Used

  

  Used bookstores are like a box of books—you never know what you’ll get. I perhaps overindulge this particular vice, but it doesn’t feel too sinful to me. Part o... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whose Bus? Omnibus!

  

  The long-distant commute is an extended social experiment. Although some of the people on the bus know each other—from overheard conversations while in line it’... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Built To Last

  

  Those pyramids sure are sturdy. The other day I was reading something from a biblical literalist that was discussing the pyramids. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• See Above

  

  As we slide beneath the hegemony of technology, I’m impressed by the redefinition of vocabulary it demands. Because new printing technologies assume, for... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On Target

  

  Time, especially weekend time, is a non-renewable resource. Since I barely have enough time as it is, I do my best not to squander it. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Lagoon

  

  My current book project has me watching The Creature of the Black Lagoon again. One of the Universal monsters—indeed, arguably the last of them—the Gill-man... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dolls and Puzzles

  

  Maybe you’re anticipating it too. Annabelle Comes Home, I mean. My latest book, Nightmares with the Bible, has a chapter on The Conjuring universe, and with... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Taking and Giving

  

  Dystopias are among my favorite kinds of literature. Things tend to go wrong in human society, and although we’ve made great progress over the past couple of... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Let It Lie

  

  At the grave risk of over-simplifying, the list is brief: destructive scapegoating behavior, intolerance of criticism, concern with public image, and... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Targeted by Technology

  

  We get along in life, I believe, by routinely ignoring the rather constant dangers that surround us. Oh, we’ve taken care of the larger faunal predators, but... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Identified Or Not

  

  Okay, so this will require some explanation. It came about like this: I was in a used bookstore. (This in itself requires no explanation, of course. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Time Off

  

  Perhaps you’ve noticed it too. Time away from work has an utterly different feel from time on the job. Those rare individuals who really love their professions... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY