by Heather Hastie | Feb 7, 2015 | Democracy, Freedom of Speech, International Politics, Religion, Terrorism, US Politics, USA
In the United States there is a growing rift between Democrats and Republicans on how to describe the terrorism in the Middle East and northern Nigeria. (As if politics in America needed any more rifts!) The Obama administration will not use the word...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 6, 2015 | Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, International Politics, Religion
I wrote about the need to repeal New Zealand’s blasphemy law back in January, ending my post with the words, “Not only should we repeal our blasphemy law, New Zealand should become part of a call of all free nations to see them repealed worldwide.” I...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 2, 2015 | New Zealand
This is another gorgeous film from Martin Heck of Timestorm Films, released in April 2014 called Awakening New Zealand. I’ll be showing more of his beautiful films in the weeks to come. For now, enjoy this one: Locations are: Fjordland National Park, Mt Cook...