Opinion Dominion
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Get out your tape measures
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This medical report on "treating" Egyptian men complaining of short penis length is, umm, noteworthy. But would you consider a st...
Watch out bloggers
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While looking at the IWPR site (see last post,) I followed a link to Reporters Sans Frontieres , which I had never heard of before. Interes...
Tariq squeals on boss
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I can't link directly to this, I don't think, but you find it by it going to the daily Iraqi Press Monitor summary for 28 June, on ...
Force fields for astronauts
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New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - Force fields may shield astronauts from radiation This interesting story on a proposal for radiation s...
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Plastic skinless humans reach America
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While looking at the Economist, I was surprised to learn that the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibit is now in the USA. I would t...
Forgiving Debt
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Just a quick mention of 3 of the several articles around skeptical of the benefits of debt forgiveness strategies currently being pursued by...
Just a bit more on Queensland justice
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As mentioned in my last post, former Chief Magistrate and recent prison inmate Di Fingleton made an appearance on Enough Rope last night . A...
Friday, June 24, 2005
Legal system re-think please
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Well, I have only been blogging a relatively short time, but feel I can claim some sort of vindication about my earlier expressed views abou...
Thursday, June 23, 2005
More "Age" Hyperbole on IR Reform
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Well, it's to be expected from The Age, isn't it, but today's comments on IR reform by Ken Davidson are nonetheless noteworthy f...
A cool house
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Dome House, Hawthorn - Reviews - Arts - Entertainment - theage.com.au Have a look at the link for a picture of a very cool looking dome hous...
Prostitution pays well in Sydney
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The Australian: Hooker keeps house sold by client [June 22, 2005] Aw, don't you feel at least a little sorry for this guy? Usually its t...
In Defence of the Yuck Factor
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Human Cloning: In Defence of the Yuck Factor I link to the above article because the news story about the potential to use stem cells to gr...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Japan and Whales
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I'm with Currency Lad on this one . Good luck to you big blubbery blue things. But out of interest, the Japan Times, trying to be even ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
A funny line
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Anthony Lane, reviewing "Bewitched" in the New Yorker , doesn't like Will Ferrell in the role of Darrin. Then he adds: "...
Dirty Doctors
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So, the media today is all over the evidence from the Dr Death inquiry that Dr Patel had very poor hand washing habits while he was at Bund...
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