by Heather Hastie | Jul 28, 2015 | International Politics, Middle East, US Politics
This morning (9am Tuesday NZ time, 5pm Monday EST) I watched GOP presidential contender and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on Fox New’s The Five trying to defend his recent comments about the Iran Nuclear Deal. I’ve always struggled to watch...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 26, 2015 | Human Rights, New Zealand, NZ Politics, US Politics, Winners and Worries
This is a new weekly feature I’m introducing – I’m hoping that I’ll keep it up and it’ll mean I’m posting something at least once a week. I’ve been pretty slack lately – just this week I’ve written half of three...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 13, 2015 | Science & Nature
The MassComprehension channel on YouTube is gradually releasing Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True Audio Book as a Video Book. The first two parts have just been released, and so far a great job has been done of visualizing the book, and the nine minute clips...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 8, 2015 | New Zealand
If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan you’ve probably already seen this, and if you’re not, you’re probably not interested. However, I’m going to post it anyway because the background scenery in the movies really does a great job of...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 6, 2015 | Great Britain & Europe, History, Religion
The Crusades carried out by Western Christendom in the Middle East (there were also Christian crusades within Europe) during the Middle Ages continue to cast a blight over the relationship between the West and the Muslim world to this day. Armies from the West...