by Heather Hastie | Mar 15, 2017 | Entertainment, USA
The old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. I’m a bit of a wreck at the moment, so this post will mostly be picture. They have this thing in the US they call March Madness. Everyone tries to guess who will win the NCAA men’s...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 9, 2017 | Simon's Cat, Women
I’m in New Zealand, so International Women’s Day was actually yesterday. However, the rest of the world being a behind us when it comes to women’s rights is nothing new. 🙂 We were the first women to receive the vote in 1893. In addition, currently we...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 4, 2017 | Freedom of Speech
You may remember my posts late last year about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) ‘Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’. Here are the links: Why Maajid Nawaz Shouldn’t be in SPLC’s ‘Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists’ Why Ayaan...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 3, 2017 | Atheism, USA
In 2014 Pew Research did a survey about the way different religious groups within the US feel about each other. Within religious groups, there was also analysis by political affiliation. I wrote about it at the time, lamenting the low opinion most USIans have of...