by Heather Hastie | Jun 15, 2016 | Religion, Terrorism, USA
As I said in my post yesterday about The Donald’s response to the tragedy in Orlando, such events bring out the best and worst in people. Here are some of the most revolting responses by average US citizens. There is a good one at the end to finish up as a balm...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 14, 2016 | New Zealand, NZ Politics
New Zealand’s prime minister John Key phoned his golfing buddy President Obama to offer our country’s condolences following the murders in Orlando, which were apparently warmly received. This afternoon, in their first day back since the tragedy,...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 14, 2016 | Terrorism, USA
CNN’s Anderson Cooper struggled through a list of the names of the forty-nine victims at the start of his show today. Each was accompanied by a short biography and often a photograph. That’s where the focus needs to be in the aftermath of this tragedy....
by Heather Hastie | Jun 14, 2016 | Science & Nature
Once again Amy Carparelli has sent me a video that deserves as wide an audience as possible. This clip of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was published in December 2015 by attenboroughsreef.com and is full of wonderful images, in the true sense of the word....
by Heather Hastie | Jun 13, 2016 | US Politics
Well no, of course not, but that’s just my opinion. Others think differently apparently. Last week Quillette published an article by philosopher Peter Boghossian (Portland State University) and James Lindsay (mathematician and author) called ‘The Article...