Opinion Dominion

I heard Lindsay Tanner on Radio National this morning talking about the government's sudden decision to guarantee all bank deposits, as ...

I'm back in the land of wide open spaces, big houses, and annoyingly long drives to get takeaway. It's not just Japan; I guess any c...

This column by Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post is a useful commentary on the various arguments surrounding the financial rescue pac...

I don`t think these have been mentioned here before: # If you are prone to get indigestion, even only occasionally, make sure you bring your...

If you didn`t already guess from my reference to eating unusual seafood, I`m posting from Japan. I continue to be working on an old laptop a...

This post is being made from a Windows 98 computer which rarely is used for English, so the formatting might be out. I'm off drinking ne...

Almost exactly a year ago , I commented on the tasteless quality of imported asparagus. Just buy Australian asparagus in season, I suggeste...

Over at teh blog with the teh crook name, teh use of teh "teh", formerly teh speciality of teh blogger Kim , has now become incr...

Readers are free to chose one of the following explanations for a lack of posts here for a few days: a. my secret mission involving leadi...

Obama mobilizes rapid response on Web -- chicagotribune.com Found via Instapundit, this is just a little bit creepy: Much of Barack Obama ...

Just for my benefit as well as yours, here are some useful pieces on the current financial crash: Roger Altman in the Financial Times John G...

'Calm before storm' may foreshadow climatic tipping point This study sounds very interesting, but it is still not at all clear what ...

Palin's Yahoo! Account Hacked | The Trail | washingtonpost.com I like this comment that follows the story: "Now, American People, d...

Colbert Report's Threat Down this week was particularly good:

HIV rates climbing: new figures - Yahoo!7 News The story covers not just HIV, but an increase in all STDs across Australia. Most surprising ...

Can icy fuel bring down an airliner? - tech - 16 September 2008 - New Scientist Tech New Scientist seems to have opened up every story to co...

Anne Lamott on grief, despair, and the 2008 presidential election | Salon Life Gosh. So you thought during the election campaign of 2004 th...

Outrage at McCain--a loser strategy. - By Mickey Kaus - Slate Magazine Kaus' argument (about how Democrats who cry "liar liar"...

By which I mean, "go away , Brendan". Brendan Nelson's success tomorrow in the Liberal leadership would just ensure another ...

Roger L. Simon: Whoopi’s not dumb - she’s just a fake Roger Simon has an interesting post up about Whoopi Goldberg and her recent "retu...