Opinion Dominion

Richard Thaler's piece in the New York Times talking about the rise of behavioural economics (he has a book out on the topic that gets ...

The Atlantic has an article up talking about Age of Ultron and the "sagas" that the superhero comics have tactically developed t...

Execution by Cannon - Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog Can't say I had heard of the practice before...

James Mollison photographs playgrounds around the world in his book, Playground. The photos are actually of schoolyards during recess aroun...

....but this isn't the first conspiracy he's been exposed to: (OK, maybe his face blends in too well for this to work.)

Alternative 2015-16 budget - On Line Opinion - 6/5/2015 David Leyonhjelm's "alternative budget" first appeared in AFR,  but i...

Good food: Nose-to-tail eating | The Economist From this review of a book about pigs in history: The curly-tailed animals have proven ex...

The moral imperative to research editing embryos: The need to modify Nature and Science | Practical Ethics I see via Jason Soon that there...

I woke up this morning from an odd but not unpleasant dream, which initially featured zombie like re-animated dead people (they could talk b...

Paranoia Strikes Derp - NYTimes.com Paul Krugman brings to my attention some current Right wing nuttiness in America, that the dim Ted Cruz...

Coalition economic agenda is crony capitalism | Crikey I don't always agree with BK, but I reckon he makes a reasonable case here.

Two great shows on the ABC last night: *  Foreign Correspondent visited King George Island , at the northern top of Antarctica, and which ...

Who is this Jason Wilson who writes at the Guardian, and why does he look sort of like an aging daggy hipster but without the beard? Anyho...

I guess the free travel and accommodation paid for by mining billionaires and mystery funded "think tanks" has dried up, so former...

Warm oceans caused hottest Dust Bowl years in 1934/36 This seems to makes sense, given that California has been hot lately with a large poo...

Interesting article in The Atlantic expressing skepticism that one of the key selling points for legalising marijuana in Colorado (raising ...

John Quiggin thinks the Tesla domestic battery story is very big indeed. Nature has a much more conservative take on it. The truth per...

'Breaking Bad' in China: how meth is spreading across rural heartland - CSMonitor.com This is a good report about illicit drug use...

US 'will not fund research for modifying embryo DNA' - BBC News As it says at the end: Dr Collins, who was also a key player in...

So, it seems to have been around for 6 months, but I only recently saw this simple but amusing video clip from George Ezra (and friend):