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...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 16, 2015 | Great Britain & Europe, International Politics, Terrorism
Vox produced this video a few hours ago, explaining the reasons why DAESH would attack Paris. I agree with their reasoning so here it is:...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 15, 2015 | Auē a Tau Kē, Democracy, Great Britain & Europe, Religion, Terrorism
What else? France has experienced their 9/11. The Friday 13th myth originated in France, and DAESH has made it a reality. I was happily supermarket shopping on a beautiful sunny morning when the first of seven suicide bombers detonated his vest yesterday morning New...
by Heather Hastie | May 3, 2015 | New Zealand
Martin Heck of Timestorm Films has released a new compilation of his beautiful time lapse films of New Zealand. This one is a collection of some of his personal favourites from previous films. In the last two years his travels have included France, Tokyo, and Hong...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 7, 2015 | Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Great Britain & Europe, Human Rights, Religion
Warning: If you find images of Muhammad, prophet of Islam, offensive, don’t read this article. If you decide to read it anyway, don’t blame me. By now you will have heard of the appalling event at the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie...
