by Heather Hastie | Jan 14, 2016 | Religion, USA
It’s been a while since I mentioned Reza Aslan. For myself, I don’t know whether he’s duplicitous, whether he really believes what he says, or whether there’s another explanation. I do know that much of what he says is inaccurate. It’s...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 10, 2016 | USA
At about 11.40 pm Thursday (US time) 30-year-old Edward Archer, allegedly ran at police officer Jesse Hartnett while he was sitting in his patrol car, firing a gun. Archer reportedly discharged eleven shots, the last at point blank range actually inside the car. He...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 10, 2016 | Science & Nature
It wasn’t this week, it was last year – 20 December 2015 – but I only found out about it yesterday and it’s so cute that I decided to make an exception. 🙂 Monterey Bay Aquarium in California is an institution dedicated to conservation of the...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 7, 2016 | Freedom of Speech, Great Britain & Europe
Note: This post contains depictions of Mohammed. If you find such things offensive, do not read this. If you choose to read anyway, don’t blame me. When I wrote about the Charlie Hebdo massacre a year ago, I headed the post with this quote from Stephen Fry. It...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 7, 2016 | Atheism, Guest Posts, Middle East
Regular readers will know that one of the most frequent commenters here is Paxton Marshall, a retired professor, most recently of the University of Virginia. He and I (and other commenters) disagree a lot, and the topic of that disagreement has often been the opinions...
