Opinion Dominion

I see from Newspoll that Abbott's "dissatisfied" polling went from 50% earlier in the year up to close to 60% with the budget,...

I see that tonight's Foreign Correspondent is about how business is rubbing its hands with glee at the prospect of a legal marijuana ma...

ISIS: The Saudis helped create a monster they can't control in Iraq. If you were playing a world building game on your computer, about...

Health Check: the ins and outs of burping and farting Well, I didn't realise there was a gas recycling system going on in such a large...

Korea’s Fish Special: A Delicate Mix of Outhouse and Ammonia - NYTimes.com Well, it turns out that Scandinavia is not the only region that...

It's Really Hard to Be a Good Guy With a Gun This article in Gawker makes much sense.   I find it incredible that over my life time, t...

Climate change will ‘cost world far more than estimated’ - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent Just as I suspected: Lord Ster...

Up on Business Insider: Australia’s chief trade-deals negotiator has labeled the bid by President Barack Obama to cut U.S. power-plant em...

I see on the weekend Catallaxy that Sinclair Davidson grumbled about being ignored: I actually did start listening to the forum just at...

Joe Hockey: all's fair in welfare and budgets | Business | theguardian.com Yet again, I find Greg Jericho's take on matters to be ...

Adam Creighton says today: A couple of questions for Mr Creighton - no where in the article can I see an explanation of where the losses...

Tony Abbott is no action man on climate change | World news | theguardian.com This summary last week by Lenore Taylor explaining how Abbot...

So, I'm sure everyone's waiting to hear what I thought about Edge of Tomorrow?  Hello....? Anyhoo, saw it yesterday, and yes it...

Continuing my series "Pretty obvious things from a disinterested observer's point of view about various codes of sport (and why can...

The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth - NYTimes.com Tyler Cowen writes: Counterintuitive though it may sound, the greate...

It has a very low scoring rate, making it a boring game to watch. That billions of people can still nonetheless get excited about it tells...

Been forgetting to post about this rather intriguing study that indicates rats suffer from regret.   That is all.

Could the demand for affordable housing be solved by going back to tents? - Architecture - Arts and Entertainment - The Independent In a C...

Interesting article from December on the rise of this ISIS group of fanatics currently trying to take over Iraq. 

Anger rises as India swelters under record heatwave | Reuters Swathes of north India are sweltering under the longest heatwave on record...