Opinion Dominion

I used to read left wing blogs to laugh at extremists and get annoyed with their lack of common sense and pragmatism. Now I just go to "...

Argentina gives Hugo Chavez press freedom award An Argentina University, that is. The university said it was giving Mr Chavez the Rodolfo Wa...

All's not well at Tokyo Disneyland after quake Tokyo Disneyland has not re-opened since the quake, not because of damage, but uncertaint...

Used aircraft carrier up for sale Britain has put aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the former flagship of the Royal Navy, up for sale on a milita...

Psychosis keeps up with the times � Mind Hacks Well, we all knew this was true, didn't we? Still, it's an interesting enough topic...

Can caffeine make us healthy? - Features, Food & Drink - The Independent The article talks about lots of different possible health effec...

Radioactivity spreads in Japan : Nature News This is a really good article at the link on the amount of radiation fallout from the Fukushima...

I would not have picked Mark Latham as a climate change believer, but that seems to be the message from this report in the SMH : If the ALP...

Salon features a review of a new biography of Edith Piaf . I didn't see the movie about her a couple of years ago, but the article not...

I was just reading a Pajamas Media article on radiation doses which I didn't find particularly helpful, only to note in comments , follo...

I've never bothered reading much of anti climate change activist Jo Nova's blog: she has always struck me as dishonest and simply i...

How to tweet bile without alienating people. Or making 13-year-old girls cry | Charlie Brooker | Comment is free | The Guardian I usually on...

There was an interesting interview with journalist Andrew Fowler on Radio National Breakfast about Julian Assange. (Fowler has a book out ...

The reaction by AGW inactionists to Tim Flannery's comments about the Earth not cooling for hundreds of years even if all CO2 production...

Jury in Darcey Freeman bridge murder trial struggling for verdict | News.com.au I find this very surprising, but given my famously widesprea...

I liked James Lilek's recent post about conversations concerning his iPad.

The stoic James Annan in Tokyo, who has not been inclined to worry about Fukushima unduly, is nonetheless sounding irritated with the TEPCO...

The BBC has an interesting story up about the extraordinary popularity of odd names in the Philippines.    Funny isn’t it:  when Australian...

I posted very quickly on the importance of passive safety designs for future nuclear after the Fukushima accident, and now I see there is a ...