Opinion Dominion

Two stories of note on ABC TV last night: 1. The 7.30 Report ran a story about CSIRO research on ocean acidification in the waters around...

OPB's 'Wind and a Prayer' revisits Japan's U.S. attack - OregonLive.com From the article: The documentary "On a Wind an...

Middle East: Top Assad aide assassinated at Syrian resort | The Guardian There's also an interesting interview with a former Muslim (son...

I see John Quiggin has linked to me as one of only two conservative bloggers who argues strongly for fast action against greenhouse gases. ...

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Tokyo escalator accident probe No one seriously injured in this video, but you can see how ugly things can turn wh...

TV chef Worrall Thompson recommends deadly weed as salad ingredient | Life and style | guardian.co.uk From the story: In an interview in the...

Odd what can be held in the DVD section of Brisbane's Council libraries. My wife found this with the kids on Friday (no input from me a...

'Energy boosting' eel drink latest attempt to beat the heat | The Japan Times Online From the report: The fizzy, yellow-colored drin...

Brian May, guitarist for rock band Queen, completes Ph.D. thesis following 30-year hiatus It's on astronomy too. Here I was expecting s...

The Times has a couple of good travel stories relating to the Middle East. First, here's an amusing story on new, quite silly, gargantu...

Have a look at item 2, and just try and not laugh.

This time in the New York Times: a slideshow of houses by John Lautner . Very 60's feel, but in a very good way.

Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, and the rise of the choppy fight scene. - By Dennis Lim - Slate Magazine I couldn't agree more with this...

Jerry Lewis detained for carrying gun at airport Comedian Jerry Lewis was detained by police in Las Vegas late last week when airport screen...

'Bigfoot' sighted in remote Canadian forest - Telegraph There's been a lot of stuff about Bigfoot appearing at The Anomalist in ...

Gloria Jean Speaking Requests Starbucks decline in Australia has come as a bit of a shock. I think I have said here before, I always though...

Inventor plans to unveil jetpack at air show Well, it's not really a jet, has only flown to a height of 6 feet, is very noisy and has a ...

In rural Japan, a shortage of lawyers - International Herald Tribune The most interesting part of this story is about the vastly different c...

This clip from tonight's Daily Show is quite funny, and it has the added benefit of not featuring much of Jon Stewart:

Magnetic Island News - Magnetic Island, North Queensland, Australia Late last week on the TV news we saw Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong going for...