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Islamic State readies for fall of 'caliphate' It's pretty much gone as I expected.   They'll be dangerous for some time ye...

Oh my.  The state of British politics seems to have become a comedy script instead of something serious, with David Cameron starting a jolly...

The most remarkable thing about the chilling Four Corners' episode "Soldiers of Allah" on Monday night, in which a French Mus...

It's gained so much publicity so quickly, I feel I should have an opinion on the curious matter of Pokemon Go, the adult uptake of it, a...

This is now a common sign on Japanese train stations.   People must have longer selfie sticks than I realised: And one day, near a trai...

*  As I'm pretty sure I suggested a few months ago, the problem with a narrow win by the Coalition is that no one within it (or the broa...

When catching the Shinkansen in Japan, you should always check the seat pocket in front of you for the rail shopping catalogue that's li...

I'm sure it's not just me.   I'm sure that Andrew Bolt has become way, way less sensible as he has aged.  Is this what happens w...

Here's a few posts about the difficult matter of the Japanese economy: Follow the Money:  Meanwhile, in Japan, Household Consumption C...

I think Clive James, with his clips of silly Japanese "challenge" game shows when he was at his height of TV popularity back in th...

Actually, it's one where the police fear of anyone carrying a pistol, especially if they're black, makes them ridiculously trigger ...

Revealing the 'taboo' of retirement for Catholic priests; declining population, burnout The figures are pretty dire: In 1965, th...

Hey Jason - I think it's a very silly suggestion in your tweet that Clive Hamilton "comes close" to tarring all climate chang...

Is it time to freak out about the climate sensitivity estimates from energy budget models? As was half expected at the time they came out, ...

Have you noticed the weather in Tokyo this week?   Last Sunday (my last day there), it was 35 degrees; yesterday - 36! This is the first t...

One great thing about living in Brisbane is the frequent cheap airfares on sale for Japan (assuming you want to holiday there - and you sho...

First, I see from James Annan's blog that it had an immediate bad effect on academics in England, whose working life was, it seems, alr...

Money: The Brave New Uncertainty of Mervyn King by Paul Krugman | The New York Review of Books Here's another readable and intelligent ...

Let's get started on a series of posts arising from my recent Japanese holiday.  First, the trivial:   Japan and modern male grooming. ...

Antarctic ozone hole is on the mend : Nature News & Comment