by Heather Hastie | Aug 11, 2016 | Human Rights, US Politics
The two main candidates for the United States presidency both have a problem appealing to voters in terms of favourability and trustworthiness. Personally I consider the claims of Hillary Clinton’s dishonesty to be overblown, which I wrote about here. In fact,...
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...
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...