Opinion Dominion

Bestselling author Michael Crichton dies How sad. I reckon about every second book was an entertaining (and educational) read, but with an ...

Well, the great mystery of how things will pan out under President Obama begins. It's hard to see how some of his over-the-top supporter...

Annie Proulx no longer at home on the range - Los Angeles Times Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain, presumably did not foresee this ...

BBC NEWS | Americas | US Elections 2008 | Who will win the electoral college? This page at the BBC has a good little doo-dah on it that allo...

Arugula shares soar! Canada closes border with US: "PM: Go back to your homes, celebrities" Ellen in hospital with dehydration * ...

Snake bite is a 'neglected tropical disease' - New Scientist: Snakes kill more people than either dengue fever or skin cancer, acco...

Just thought I would double check on what John Kerry was saying about the number of US troops in Iraq in 2004: John Kerry set a three-part ...

Dominic Lawson writing in the Independent on the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand incident, writes about a problem for one type of modern comedi...

Michelle Malkin notes a very recent ramble from "heartbeat away" Joe Biden, that really makes you wonder about how nervous we all...

Election Predictions: Pundits Weigh In Out of a long list of political pundits listed above (including Karl Rove!) only one - Fred Barnes of...

CDF Ghost Muons | Cosmic Variance When the Cosmic Variance physicists aren't spending their time promoting gay marriage, Obama and the d...

Sex on TV Increases Teen Pregnancy, Says Report - TIME Perhaps that headline should only be "...is associated with increased Teen Pregn...

An Australian on line bookmaker is offering 9 to 1 for a John McCain win. Now you know where to invest your dwindling retirement funds.* ...

An enclave of Brazilians is testing insular Japan - International Herald Tribune Until I started visiting Japan, I didn't know anything ...

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