Opinion Dominion

I see from Newspoll that Abbott's "dissatisfied" polling went from 50% earlier in the year up to close to 60% with the budget,...

I see that tonight's Foreign Correspondent is about how business is rubbing its hands with glee at the prospect of a legal marijuana ma...

ISIS: The Saudis helped create a monster they can't control in Iraq. If you were playing a world building game on your computer, about...

Health Check: the ins and outs of burping and farting Well, I didn't realise there was a gas recycling system going on in such a large...

Korea’s Fish Special: A Delicate Mix of Outhouse and Ammonia - NYTimes.com Well, it turns out that Scandinavia is not the only region that...

It's Really Hard to Be a Good Guy With a Gun This article in Gawker makes much sense.   I find it incredible that over my life time, t...

Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’ - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent Just as I suspected: Lord Ster...

Up on Business Insider: Australia’s chief trade-deals negotiator has labeled the bid by President Barack Obama to cut U.S. power-plant em...

I see on the weekend Catallaxy that Sinclair Davidson grumbled about being ignored: I actually did start listening to the forum just at...

Joe Hockey: all's fair in welfare and budgets | Business | theguardian.com Yet again, I find Greg Jericho's take on matters to be ...

Adam Creighton says today: A couple of questions for Mr Creighton - no where in the article can I see an explanation of where the losses...

Tony Abbott is no action man on climate change | World news | theguardian.com This summary last week by Lenore Taylor explaining how Abbot...

So, I'm sure everyone's waiting to hear what I thought about Edge of Tomorrow?  Hello....? Anyhoo, saw it yesterday, and yes it...

Continuing my series "Pretty obvious things from a disinterested observer's point of view about various codes of sport (and why can...

The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth - NYTimes.com Tyler Cowen writes: Counterintuitive though it may sound, the greate...