by Heather Hastie | Mar 15, 2017 | Entertainment, USA
The old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. I’m a bit of a wreck at the moment, so this post will mostly be picture. They have this thing in the US they call March Madness. Everyone tries to guess who will win the NCAA men’s...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 15, 2017 | Middle East, Religion, US Politics
Donald Trump spent his election campaign making statements like this one from a 7 December 2015 press release. Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 3, 2017 | Atheism
The worldwide atheist community is growing every day. In northern Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand this trend has been obvious for some time. The 2015 Pew Research Center Report ‘The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 2, 2017 | International Politics, Science & Nature
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made this significant and serious move last week. However, there’s so much going on at the moment I didn’t find time to write about it. Then, the first thing I saw on CNN today was: Breaking News: Trump Administration...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 30, 2017 | Human Rights, US Politics
In short, it’s stupid because refugees are the safest of all immigrants to the country and it creates animosity where relationships most need development. Once again, Trump is building walls where he should be building bridges. Trump’s Executive Order...