Opinion Dominion

Peter Martin's article in the Sydney Morning Herald today was very interesting. Some highlights ('bold" is mine): " Then...

news @ nature.com�-�AIDS at Christmas time� The link above is to a more or less optimistic editorial in Nature on the increasing ability to ...

It seems somewhat ironic that the Guardian is currently running hard with the "nuclear danger from Iran" issue. Have a look at the...

Are Elections Democratic? - Dictatorships are hardly preferable. By Christopher Hitchens See the link for Christopher Hitchen's latest r...

Just One To Four Cigarettes Daily Triples Risk Of Dying Of Heart Disease Or Lung Cancer I think I missed this one from September last year. ...

A Few Squares Of Dark Chocolate A Day May Stave Off Artery Hardening In Smokers The above story seems to indicate a pretty remarkable effect...

I hope to resume a more or less "normal" rate of blogging soon. I note that the on-line magazines such as Slate and Salon have a f...

1. God it's hot. (I was reminded that Christmas day 2004 in Brisbane was not all that hot. Unfortunately, this has been wiped from m...

Waiting for the rapture in Iran - Yahoo! News Iran's president is a real worry. (See the Christian Science Monitor story above.)

The curse of oil | The paradox of plenty | Economist.com An interesting article in the Economist (link above) on the "curse of oil...

Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist... 12/14/2005

In the Sydney Morning Herald : "An off-duty pilot was sentenced to 14 years in jail today for killing Indonesia's top human rights ...

These are all from The Red Ferret Journal : To quote : "Ladies, spoil the man in your life this year with the LBC (Laid Back Computing...

SmithsonianStore.com - Bio Dome Habitat Looks sort of cool, but a little too small. An evil boy could have fun putting one sort of anim...

The Officers' Club: The Top 20 Nuclear Close-Calls From the interesting Officers' Club blog, the article linked above about the top ...

The Australian: James Morrow: Self-loathing is the newest hate crime [December 19, 2005] James Morrow's piece in yesterday's Austral...

New Scientist Nobel laureate admits string theory is in trouble - News This snippet from New Scientist does not increase my confidence i...

Internet encyclopaedias go head to head : Nature I found this story via Boing Boing. In short, in a blind review of articles by Britann...

The Fly Pentop Computer - How an educational toy became a hot holiday gadget. By Paul Boutin

A Lazy Layman's Guide to Quantum Physics Readers may note that the internet is an endless source of distraction for me. If I find c...