Opinion Dominion

From around the blogosphere, here's some recent posts which are well worth checking, if you haven't seen them already" * Zoe B...

Europe gets busy thinking they are being green, while actually causing lots of CO2 emissions on the other side of the planet: Just a few ye...

I don't often do more than smile at Japundit's examples of odd Japanese use of English on signs and clothes, but this is one which ...

Quite a lot of anti-wind farm stuff in this New Scientist article . They tend not to be great for bogs if they are built on them (as many a...

The IHT reports on France's rise in its birth rate. According the article, it seems not to be due to immigrants having babies, althoug...

A bit of a weird story about the apparent attitude of a modern nun: A young disabled man who receives care for his life-limiting illness at ...

Don't you think that this self confessed multiple murderer looks a lot like a certain new Labor politician with a musical past ?

A story in the IHT about how schools and places of learning have increasingly the target of violence in Baghdad: In the past month, accordi...

A prominent Islamic doctor in Britain warns Muslims not to use some vaccinations: Dr Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Associa...

Everyone has heard of the Richter Scale. But it seems that very few have known that its creator was a very odd man. From a review of a hi...

All Australians have heard a story about a foreigner who believes that there are kangaroos everywhere on the streets of Australian cities. ...

This story appeared a couple of weeks ago, but I have overlooked mentioning it 'til now. Mainly because I don't entirely know what...

Robert Zubrin, the engineer with an obsession about going to Mars , has been thinking about the establishment of a hydrogen economy, and is ...

One of the brothers behind Iraq the Model argues that people should tone down "last chance" talk about the new security plan. H...

Yet another risk identified for astronauts living on the Moon. Not only do high speed particles from solar flares and cosmic rays pose a th...

There's excellent reading here in a two part extract of a new book by Observer columnist Nick Cohen. His story is similar to Christophe...

There's an interesting story on Fox News (odd source, hey) about the role the porn industry plays in shaping the take up of technology...

Wow. Christopher Hitchens is bound to face criticism from the Left over his generally supportive stance towards Mark Steyn's anti-Isla...

Even with a generally low interest in sport of any kind, some have always seemed to me to be particularly stupid. Marathons and triathl...

In Osaka, there is a unique "restaurant" dining experience to be had (and, incredibly, it has been a success for four years.) The...