Steven E. Wedel

Democratic Presidential Nominee John Kerry came out swinging at President George W. Bush yesterday over television ads paid for by the political action group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. But, in typical liberal fashion, his attack ignored some important facts. Kerry says Bush is responsible for the ads because the ads are funded by a…

A long time ago, I wanted to date my cousin. I knew from her sister that she felt the same about me. But, of course, we never entertained the possibility. For one thing, we were only kids, so “dating” would have been mostly just a difference in how we acted when our families visited —…

One thing about being a conservative and working at a liberal arts university – I’m never at a loss for column ideas. I was going to write about something different this week, but upon overhearing a conversation by a liberal female co-worker in my office, I’ve been inspired to write about her thoughts because ……

If you’ve followed this sporadic blog at all, you probably know that back in April Kelley Armstrong, author of Bitten, Stolen and Dime Store Magic, had my novel Shara as a selection in her online book club. That was great and I made some wonderful friends through that. But now Kelley has topped that bit…

Most people who know me know that I am anti-abortion. So it may surprise them to hear me call myself pro-choice. After all, the pro-abortion side has co-opted that term, making many people think that abortion is the only choice. Semantics and propaganda, I say. Can you be both anti-abortion and pro-choice without having a…

Sometimes it isn’t easy being a writer and being a member of the only minority group others can legally discrimiate against. But, as a long-haired heterosexual white male conservative, I’ve decided to fight back to some degree. I’ve resurrected my award-winning Steven Says column in which I espouse conservative thought. I’ve just made my second…

One of the hottest debates today is the issue of gay marriage. Because I’m a writer and because my day job has me working at a university (where my office is sandwiched between the office of my gay boss on one side and a lesbian co-worker on the other), I hear a lot about this…

Well … I’m having to pull out of Horrorfind this year. With the cost to repair my computer and hundreds of dollars in doctor bills for the kids last month, not to mention home repairs that need to be made, I just couldn’t come up with the money. It really blows. I was so looking…

It’s been so long since I blogged that Blogger has changed the look of its site. Hmm. Oh well. The last blog I wrote, I didn’t publish. There were some issues with the Oklahoma Centennial Book Festival, but since my job is involved, I decided not to post them publicly, as my last blog was…

Yeah, yeah. No blogging for almost two months, now two entries in one day. I just got an e-mail from J. Madison Davis, my thesis committee chairman at the University of Oklahoma. He’s approved the current draft of my thesis to go to the rest of my thesis committee. I need to rework my introduction,…