Opinion Dominion

This medical report on "treating" Egyptian men complaining of short penis length is, umm, noteworthy. But would you consider a st...

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...

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 ...

New Scientist SPACE - Breaking News - Force fields may shield astronauts from radiation This interesting story on a proposal for radiation s...

While looking at the Economist, I was surprised to learn that the controversial "Body Worlds" exhibit is now in the USA. I would t...

Just a quick mention of 3 of the several articles around skeptical of the benefits of debt forgiveness strategies currently being pursued by...

As mentioned in my last post, former Chief Magistrate and recent prison inmate Di Fingleton made an appearance on Enough Rope last night . A...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Anthony Lane, reviewing "Bewitched" in the New Yorker , doesn't like Will Ferrell in the role of Darrin. Then he adds: "...

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...

New Scientist Breaking News - No paradox for time travellers What an interesting snippet from New Scientist on time travel this is. Actually...

Tim Blair points out what a dill Terry Lane (ABC National Radio presenter, and Age columnist) is, linking us to his Age column which seems ...

Australian readers may well be aware of the irksome Jim Soorley, big mouth former Labor Lord Mayor of Brisbane (which of itself is no small ...

If you haven't seen this, have a look at this funny/not funny post on Mufti advice on wife beating/hitting/whatever. The Islamic advic...

With the recent revival of talk of nuclear power for Australia, it seems to me that there is surprisingly little coverage given to a "n...