by Heather Hastie | Nov 27, 2016 | Education, New Zealand, USA
I have to say up front that I have no expertise whatsoever in the field of education. This post is just a comment on what looks to me like a disaster waiting to happen. If anyone can give me evidence that my instinct is wrong, I’ll be glad to hear it. From an...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 11, 2016 | US Politics
So this happened: The guy who said the election was rigged won the presidency with the second-most votes — Josh Levin (@josh_levin) November 9, 2016 Trump agreed the system was unfair four years ago, although I’m not quite sure what his reasoning was. The...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 9, 2016 | US Politics
Eight years ago I watched the United States elect Barack Obama. For the first time in many years I felt some hope for that country. As I’d watched it over the previous few years, especially since 9/11, I was concerned that the level of racism and sexism in the most...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 8, 2016 | US Politics
This time tomorrow we’ll have a pretty good idea who the next president will be. Most of the states will have finished voting and the preliminary counting will be done in many states as well. Despite FBI Director insinuating himself in the election at the last...
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...
