by Heather Hastie | Nov 29, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē, New Zealand, US Politics, USA, Winners and Worries
As a New Zealander, I’m proud to say that my country is not only improving the facilities for new refugees coming here, but increasing our capacity so we can take even more than we do currently. Pride wouldn’t normally be my response in this matter. As one...
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...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 1, 2015 | Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Middle East, Winners and Worries
It was announced on Thursday that Raif Badawi won the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize. The Guardian reports : Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger and activist sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, has won the EU’s Sakharov...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 25, 2015 | US Politics, Winners and Worries
The success of so-called “outsider” candidates has been a feature of the GOP presidential nominee race. So far, Donald Trump has won almost every poll since he entered the race. That changed this week. Until now, it was possible to put the success of...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 25, 2015 | US Politics, Winners and Worries
I was just going to do this post about the hamster (below), but Hillary Clinton is such an obvious candidate for Winner of the Week this week, I couldn’t really ignore her. After a tough few months, it’s all looking pretty good for both her and the...
