Opinion Dominion

The title is what letter writer Vincent Zankin in last Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald thinks is John Howard's real agenda: "...

The Australian: Christopher Pearson: No job? No cash? Sod off [October 29, 2005] I just read Christopher Pearson's weekend column on...

The SMH today reprints Joe Wilson's column from the Los Angeles Times in which he has another go at the Bush Administration. Of course,...

I knew Gene Roddenberry deliberately made Star Trek into a unisex, equal opportunity version of the future, but I never knew that Sulu would...

Lateline - 27/10/2005: Lateline Survey Of Australian Security Experts See link above to the details of a "Lateline" survey of ...

The Australian: TV airs fiction that inspired Hitler [October 28, 2005] See link above to a short story about a TV series being shown in Jor...

The Australian: Ross Fitzgerald: Keatingesque hubris [October 27, 2005] Ross Fitzgerald in the opinion piece above thinks that the Howard go...

This morning's peruse of the news was notable for 3 stories found in quick succession on men who could only be described as absolute nut...

The Australian: Jet pilots targeted by lasers [October 21, 2005] I meant to post on the above story a few days ago but forgot. It's inte...

Voters say yes to terror Australis - National - smh.com.au The link above is about an AC Nielson poll in which 60% of the respondents appare...

I did a post recently about my surprise that there had been research going on for decades about the possible (or likely) link between toxop...

I suppose I had better post again, as my hit rate does slide away if I don't. Of interest in the news today: Abortion: I posted last we...

From our garden a short time ago. (Ignore the weeds please.)

The recent news that imported Canadian racing pigeons were to be killed for having (at least) bird flu antibodies left me a little bemused ...

Just to prove that I can be as even handed as the next right wing Aussie blogger, and even though I don't like to go out of my way to su...

I don't recall how I stumbled onto neo neocon , but it is a particularly good little personal blog on all things neocon, and best of all...

MSN-Mainichi Daily News: National News See link above if you want to see a Japanese poodle crossing the road very safely on two legs. "...

In Mali, women debate circumcision See link above for interesting story on female "circumcision" in West Africa. To quote: "F...

BBC NEWS : Should Saddam die? The BBC story above puts the two sides to the question of whether Saddam should be executed. There is n...

Tribal Ignorance - What you think you know about Iraq's factions is all wrong. By Christopher Hitchens See the link above to a good ...