Opinion Dominion

Economists dispute audit commission's federal government growth claims This time on the size of government.  Some of these figures are...

Found here.   And no, I would not wear speedos with it. 

Backreaction: Why quantize gravity? Poor Bee Hossenfelder isn't having much luck in finding funding for her field of quantum gravity, ...

Australia ranked one of the three best countries to do business in Interesting to note that it was a conservative think tank claiming this...

Climate change: The case of the missing heat : Nature News Here's a pretty lengthy and interesting discussion on the "missing hea...

John Quiggin - The Repubs won’t Douthat (crosspost from Crooked Timber) This Quiggin post is of interest because he again notes the moveme...

*  12 year old boy carries sawn off shot gun to school and shoots two students.   Yeah, Heinlein, an armed society is a polite society, is i...

BBC News - Twin DNA test: Why identical criminals may no longer be safe I didn't realise there have been a number of cases around the ...

What Happens When the President Sits Down Next to You at a Cafe - Robinson Meyer - The Atlantic Nothing special about this report about wh...

Coral reefs in Palau surprisingly resistant to naturally acidified waters Scientists have found corals in one place with surprisingly high...

Reflections in the eye contain identifiable faces Has this already been used in a crime or science fiction show?   I feel pretty sure it h...

New study shows alcohol impacts vision by 30 per cent

Target: Me - Dick Metcalf - POLITICO Magazine Read what happens when a gun loving, life long, career shooter and journalist makes a legal ...

Miracle fruit brings a change in taste › Dr Karl's Great Moments In Science (ABC Science) While in Canberra on holiday we went to Ques...

Ha!  The intellectual, um, bogan-isation? of the Catallaxy blog is nearly complete, with "come back and fight, you Lefties, there's...