Opinion Dominion

Yesterday while looking for something else, I found this post from 2007 which I had half forgotten about. (As with many of my half remember...

Caring about toilet noise: from feudal-era urn to 21st century gadget This article suggests that Japanese sensitivity about the sounds peopl...

“Edge of Darkness” and “The Red Shoes,” review : The New Yorker Anthony Lane writes in his review of the new Mel Gibson movie "Edge of ...

Backreaction: The LHC Proton Source A brief but surprising bit of information about the LHC at this post.

BBC News - In Paris, the customer is not always right Here's a somewhat amusing story of the famously surly service in Paris. (I visit...

Record 85% favor death penalty | The Japan Times Online Wow. Amnesty International presumably has its work cut out for it in Japan. Mind you...

Four Corners - 08/02/2010: A Good Death When I first saw the topic for tonight's Four Corners (four terminally ill people let the progra...

I haven't got around to posting about the short Christmas holiday to Ballina, Northern New South Wales. In 2008, the family made a brief...

Lexington: A refreshing dose of honesty | The Economist The Economist seems pretty impressed with the relative simplicity of this alternativ...

Whisky recovered after 100 years on ice Five crates of whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered a...

The New Abstinence-Education Study Is Good News. So Why Are Liberals Freaking Out? A good post here about the Left's seeming annoyance t...

Turkish teenager buried alive because friendship with boys shamed family - Times Online The father and grandfather of a Turkish teenager ar...

Learning from climate's sedimental journey I'm warning you, I'm ringing the Bad Pun Police now.

What Will Obama's Energy Bill Look Like Without Cap-and-Trade? - The Atlantic Business Channel Interesting post here suggesting that Oba...

You don't have to be bipolar to be a genius – but it helps - Science, News - The Independent I find it pretty laughable that in the last...

OECD queries cost of new broadband network | The Australian ...the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's ...

Monster Moves SBS has moved Mythbusters from Saturday night to Monday, but new episodes are showing (yay.) In the old Saturday night 7.30 sl...

Cold Comfort: Young Women with Cancer Can Freeze an Ovary to Keep Kids in the Picture Young women who have to undergo cancer treatment which...

Which e-reader will conquer Japan? | Japan Pulse When I was last in Japan, I asked some people if they knew of the Sony e-reader, which I wa...

Obama Budget Plan Grounds NASA Despite Increased Funding - TIME Not a bad column here (with interesting comments following) on the bleak loo...