Steveawiggins

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• Propaganda

  

  “[F]or the most part, thinking is inherently and irrepressibly liberal.” As much as those who’ve drunk the Trump Kool-Aid (watered down, for sure) might want... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Preorder Alert

  

  Although you can buy most anything from Amazon, the book industry is particularly under its hegemony. I have to admit that I enjoy browsing there, and often... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Defining Evil

  Recently someone said, in a conversation in which I was involved, that understanding evil as entirely a human construct wasn’t working for her. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bird Land

  

  Since I like to blog about books, my usual reading practice is to stick with a book once I start it. This can be problematic for short story collections... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Born to Fly

  

  WikiTree is a web-based, free genealogy site. I’m too busy these days to do much digging, but it’s hard not to stop and consider it once in a while. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Setting the Mood

  

  I can’t recall how I learned about Andrew Michael Hurley’s The Loney, but it was one of those books I knew I wanted to read. One thing I do recall is that I... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Laboring

  

  I can remember when Labor Day was about honoring workers. I suppose it still is, in some circles. At the top, however, the strategy is to give all the breaks... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Walk in the Park

  

  About five years ago my wife and I took a drive along the infamous Shades of Death road in Warren County, New Jersey. Urban legend has all kinds of creepiness... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Walnuts

  

  The walnuts are always the first to turn. At least around here they are. Their yellow leaves began to litter the bike path in August. Their nuts can be quite a... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Addenda

  

  One of the perceived advantages of electronic publication is the possibility of corrections. I say “perceived” because this casts us into the deep sea of... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Little Bit

  

  I don’t know about you, but I have a complicated relationship with genres. As a fiction writer I have great difficulty classifying what I write, and that shows... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Yellow Jackets

  

  Deeply conflicted. That’s how I feel about calling the exterminator. The longer I’m alive the more eastern my thinking becomes. What right do I have to kill... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nightmares’ Progress

  

  Ironically for someone who works in academic publishing, I have my own issues of how books are priced. I understand why, however, because I can see sales trends. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Permanently Changing

  

  Classifying the world of thought into “eastern” and “western” is a gross oversimplification. Nevertheless we require some handles by which to grip this... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Google Scholarship

  

  The other day I had to check something on Google Scholar for work. Since our computers now know who we are, mine asked if I would like to update my profile on... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Laughing Maher

  

  I recently rewatched Bill Maher’s Religulous. I posted on it some years ago, but time changes perspectives. Thinking back over the fun he makes against the... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Birth of Nightmares

  

  It’s often said that it takes a village to raise a child. A similar idea lies behind the writing of a book. Sure, the lion’s share of the research and writing... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Summer of Horror

  

  Summer vacation—or at least what used to be known as summer vacation—is winding down. Unlike most years when the season is marked by a carefree sense of time of... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Birth of Horror

  

  In both Holy Horror and Nightmares with the Bible I concern myself with horror films that have appeared since 1960. I’m not enough of a cinema studies type to... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creation of Horror

  

  I recently read the article “The Christian Worldview of Annabelle: Creation” by Neil Gravino on Horror Homeroom. I’m pleased to see that the complex world of... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY