Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4124 )

• Bookish Dreams

  

  Driving into upstate New York via interstate 81 you’ll find a remarkable rest stop. To put this into context, I should say that my wife and I have driven from... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Horror

  

  Now that Holy Horror is out I’ve been noticing an increasing number of scholars who are writing on the topic of monsters. Book writing takes several years, as... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2019 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Yearn Books

  

  While this blog ranges over an outdated map of my mind, one of the two common elements that hold it together is books. I don’t have many bibliophile followers,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Holly Days

  

  Thirty years ago today, my wife and I were penniless grad students. Trying to be logical about when to marry—I’d been accepted at Edinburgh University shortly... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Poppins Fresh

  

  The holiday season often means doing things out of the ordinary. Despite writing books that deal with movies, I can’t afford to see them in theaters often, but... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fossilized Ideas

  

  In our current political climate, perspective helps quite a bit. Indeed, one of the shortcomings of our conscious species is our inability to think much beyond... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Cult of Relaxation

  

  Relaxation comes with a price. As with most people who work hard, I find taking more than a day or two off work tricky. It’s not that I want to go to work, but... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Puzzling Traditions

  

  Like most families, we have tried over the years to develop our own holiday traditions. These, like all things, evolve. When I was a professor the semester brea... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Christmas Lights

  

  How many people read a blog on a major holiday? The process of writing takes no vacations, however, and I often think of holidays as a time to write. Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Night Before Reading

  

  Like many people bound to their circumstances by work (and now a mortgage) I see travel to far-off places is a dream. On my personal bucket-list is Iceland. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Slight Reading

  

  It will soon be time to turn to holiday-oriented posts, but if you’re like me you’ve been seeing the decorations and hearing the music for some time now already. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Lights

  

  Late one night in Wisconsin—I had just come off the train from Champaign-Urbana—one of the students from Nashotah House was driving me to my spooky apartment... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Solstice Musings

  

  Should my posts of late be castigated as against the Christmas spirit I would rely on Andy Williams’ song, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” in my defense. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Deliverance

  

  Ed Warren died in 2006, effectively ending the cooperative ghost-hunting venture with his widow Lorraine. The Warrens rose to prominence after being among the... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reflecting on Light

  

  Now that we’re approaching the winter solstice, light is pretty much on the minds of those of us in the northern hemisphere. Or lights. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Epistle Writer

  

  I’ve been reading about Paul. You know, that Paul. What has struck me from this reading is that if he weren’t in the Bible rational people would likely think... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Better Late Than

  

  It seems that Holy Horror is now available, although I haven’t seen it yet. According to the McFarland website it’s in stock just in time for the holidays. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Straining Credulity

  

  Ed and Lorraine Warren aren’t easy to figure out. I realize that for someone who holds an actual doctorate from a bona fide, internationally recognized... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Dots

  

  Connections have always fascinated me. Maybe it’s because life is a random stream of stuff constantly thrown at you that makes a mockery of any plans you might... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Book Birds

  

  I just read an interesting article about how social media, and the internet in general, hijacks our time. If you’re reading this, no doubt you’ll agree. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2018 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY