Opinion Dominion

BBC News - Viewpoint: Does Singapore deserve its 'miserable' tag? I've always quite liked my short stays in Singapore, althoug...

I see Sinclair Davidson is again running with the old "I'm just being reasonable" line in which he seeks to downplay his activ...

The Economist has a short article on the potential for "distributed generators" and large scale batteries to beat down things lik...

You know, I think Andrew Bolt might be playing the martyr line to such a tiresome degree that even his supporters may be wavering in their...

One graph that completely contradicts Australia's 'productivity crisis' | Business Spectator Last week, I noted there was no w...

History: A medieval multiverse This somewhat interesting look at the theories of a medieval scholar and bishop includes this bit: The po...

Pope Francis at one year: Why intense focus on the papacy is bad for the Catholic Church I quite like this article, particularly when it t...

The Society of Mutual Autopsy  -  Mind Hacks The brief explanation: In October 1876, twenty Parisian men joined together as the Society ...

I see that Andrew Bolt's self assigned job (although encouraged with much hand holding by the IPA and, I suspect, News Ltd itself) as pr...

Watching what American courts get asked to determine as matters arising from their legislated approach to rights provides some excellent re...

Has anyone been paying attention to Rupert Murdoch's twitter account lately?   He's taken to making some very big (and very, very d...

In an article in The Atlantic , about how gay marriage has made substantial grounds in public approval in even the conservative Southern sta...

Climatologist Who Predicted California Drought 10 Years Ago Says It May Soon Be 'Even More Dire' | ThinkProgress It's not so o...

Solidoodle 4: Testing the home 3-D printer. I have always felt rather cynical about the claims for the revolutionary nature of 3D printers,...

Abbott’s paid parental leave will do little to bring women to the workforce | Business | theguardian.com Greg Jericho column is pretty goo...

What makes a community healthy? - latimes.com A somewhat interesting article here arguing that differences in how health care services are...

After a week in Canberra, it was time to start heading north, and I wanted to show the family the Jenolan Caves.  I had first visited them o...

I haven't spent much time browsing through arXiv lately, which is a pity, because here are a couple of papers of interest spotted today:...

BBC News - India's invisible widows, divorcees and single women

Physics - Cosmological Constant Redefined I need an article that explains this better for me, but as my preferences lie towards a universe...