by Heather Hastie | Sep 27, 2015 | US Politics, Winners and Worries
So far we’ve had two GOP primary debates, the first hosted by Fox News and the second by CNN. The outstanding performer in both was Carly Fiorina. Whatever you think of her positions on the issues, and I disagree with rather a lot of them, she has been clear,...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 27, 2015 | Democracy, Human Rights, Middle East, Winners and Worries, Women
For my Worry of the Week, I’d like to draw your attention to a film that was brought to my attention by Dermot C., a commenter on the Why Evolution is True website. It’s called Women on the Front Line and was produced last year by Sheema Kalbasi, directed...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 21, 2015 | Democracy, International Politics, Middle East
Just when you thought things couldn’t possibly get any worse in Syria, they have. Putin is going to speak at the United Nations in a few days, and political commentators such as the Guardian’s Natalie Nougayrède are predicting that his speech will be a...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 20, 2015 | Australia, Winners and Worries
Australia has a new prime minister – the fifth in five years, and his name is Malcolm Turnbull. His predecessor, Tony Abbott had “led” Australia’s Liberal Party to thirty consecutive losses in the polls since his election in 2013. Turnbull has...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 19, 2015 | Atheism
Wikipedia says: New Atheism is a social and political movement that began in the early 2000s in favour of atheism and secularism promoted by a collection of modern atheist writers who have advocated the view that “religion should not simply be tolerated but...