by Heather Hastie | Feb 19, 2018 | Gun Control, Health, Tweets, USA, Women
Seventeen children are dead in Florida and Trump tweets that it’s the FBI’s fault because they were too busy trying to find evidence he was colluding with Russia during the election campaign. WTF is wrong with this man? He went to Florida and met with the...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 8, 2018 | Health, Tweets, US Politics
One of the tweets Ann German sent me today was about Senator Orrin Hatch. He’s a Republican senator from Utah who’s been in the job for over forty years. His retirement at the end of his current term means he’s getting a bit of attention at the...
by Heather Hastie | Jun 29, 2017 | Health, US Politics
When US Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) was introduced in March 2010, it was unpopular. Healthcare affects everyone, and is a very emotional subject. Even though almost nobody thought the previous situation was satisfactory, there was natural fear about what the...
by Heather Hastie | Apr 25, 2017 | Africa, Asia, Health, Religion, USA, Women
Across the world, around 200 million women and girls in thirty countries are the victims of female genital mutilation (FGM). Most of them become victims of the practice before they are old enough to object. A majority of the victims are Muslim but likewise, a majority...
by Heather Hastie | Mar 25, 2017 | Health, Simon's Cat, US Politics
What a combination! I should probably be opining on the fate of the American Health Care Bill. However, it’s getting wall to wall coverage on every news channel and you’re probably sick of it already. Of course, my opinion is that its failure is the best...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 27, 2016 | Economics, Health, US Politics, USA
It’s less than two weeks before election day and it’s just been announced that Obamacare premiums are increasing significantly next year. In a normal election cycle this would have been the October surprise that could have sunk the Clinton campaign, but...
