Welcome to Heather’s Homilies
Heather’s Funeral Service
A Service for Heather Hastie will be held at 2:30pm NZ Time on Thursday 9th February. If you would like to view the service please click on the link below....
Passing Away of Heather
On Saturday 4th February at around 5.30am (NZ Time) Heather Hastie passed away after a short illness. My sister Brenda and I (Fiona) were with her at the time. A service for Heather will be held at 2.30pm on Thursday 9th Feb at the Taumarunui Funeral Services, 34 Huia...
Life Without Trump
I feel like a big weight is gone from my shoulders now that the White House is seeing Life Without Trump. However, he is still infecting the GOP like a fatal disease. Many are comparing him to cancer. I think that if the GOP don't disassociate themselves from his...
Mike Bloomberg and is “Stop and Frisk” Racist?
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...
Laurence Tribe vs. Alan Dershowitz
Laurence Tribe is someone I've respected and followed for some time. So, when I saw he'd given an opinion in the Washington Post: 'Trump’s lawyers shouldn’t be allowed to use bogus legal arguments on impeachment'. It's mainly in relation to the argument Alan...
Where I’ve Been, Soleimani, and Solace
I thought you were all deserving of an explanation. I said, "I'm back," and since then there's been little further. As well as the other posts I previously mentioned, I'm now trying to write a Proper Post about the Iran situation, but it's going slowly. So, I'm...
White Island (plus Tweets)
After saying 'I'm Back' a few days ago, there was nothing more on the site to encourage you to believe me. I've been writing about the topics that got a mention in that post. But, short of posting boring videos of me tapping away, there's no way to prove that....
I’m Back (plus Tweets and other Stuff)
Though obviously not with the presence of The Terminator! There are, of course, a lot of other cool examples of the use of this phrase in popular culture, but Arnie's my favourite. This post, mostly comprising of tweets, is to ease me gradually into the habit of...
Abortion and the US Republican Party
Before I start, I should note I am unapologetically pro-choice. I've been pro-choice for as long as I can remember. I recall thinking women should be able to have an abortion, if they want one, when I was just eight year old (1972-73). (New Zealand's Contraception,...
The Federalist Society (plus Tweets)
This is a short post about the Federalist Society (or rather, why I don't agree with them) that I need to do so I can link to it when my very long post about abortion finally makes it onto the site. It was a part of that abortion post, but it took up too much space...
Heather’s Homilies on Facebook
I have to apologize to you all because it's been so long since I've put anything on the website. For those who are on Facebook, there is a Heather's Homilies Facebook page. On a reasonably regular basis I post news stories there along with a short commentary of my...
To Impeach or Not to Impeach: That is the Question
Following the public release of the Mueller Report, I spent some time writing the second post, in what I thought would be a series, on that topic. However, everything I was writing was written about elsewhere. It's easy enough to find all the information if you look....