by Heather Hastie | Nov 12, 2015 | Atheism, US Politics
I’m sure Ted Cruz isn’t the only candidate vying to be United States president to think this, but thankfully such bigotry isn’t usually voiced. However, as Cruz is mainly relying on the evangelical Christian vote to get him votes in the Republican...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 12, 2015 | Science & Nature
I find the European Space Agency’s Rosetta Mission fascinating. What it took to just land on that comet is amazing. I subscribe to their YouTube channel, but as always, before I got to check out my subscriptions, Amy Carparelli (@AmyAmylou1993) had tweeted their...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 9, 2015 | Religion, US Politics
This post has obviously come about because of Dr Ben Carson. He’s done what none of the other US Republican presidential primary candidates could do, and that’s overtake Donald Trump in the polls. This has brought added scrutiny to Carson’s...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 8, 2015 | Winners and Worries
There are so many horrible things going on in the world that I’ve decided to do another post focussing on some of the wonderful things to be found in our natural world – this time the cuteness of baby animals. If you’re not a sucker for baby animals,...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 1, 2015 | Asia, Atheism, Freedom of Speech, Winners and Worries
For the fifth time this year, I’ve woken to news that another person associated with the tiny atheist community in Bangladesh has been brutally murdered via machete. In February it was author and atheist blogger Dr Avijit Roy, who was murdered in the street in a...
