by Heather Hastie | Feb 20, 2020 | Democracy, Human Rights, US Politics
With the entry of former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg into the race to be the Democratic Party presidential nominee, we have the inevitable. The other runners, and their supporters, are digging into his past to find any dirt they can to discredit him. The primary...
by Heather Hastie | Apr 22, 2016 | US Politics
It’s been a while, but I’m back. The main problem hasn’t been me, but my computer. It’s been in the hospital most of the last two weeks, but a lovely young man called Benjamin has sorted it for me. He’s been very reasonable with his...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 17, 2016 | US Politics
Short answer: No. In fact, they won’t even give him a hearing. President Obama has done his Constitutional duty and made a nomination to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. It is Judge Merrick Brian Garland, who...
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...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 18, 2015 | US Politics
My actual biggest worry this week is what’s going on between the Israelis and Palestinians and their supporters and proxies. However, I just don’t know where to start. I don’t even know how to finish this paragraph with a suitably wise comment about...
