Opinion Dominion

What is going on in Australian political reporting? The Murdoch tabloid press has decided to run prominently the fact that Barnaby Joyce i...

This Victorian push for euthanasia laws seemed to arrive pretty much out of no where, didn't it? Oddly, I notice that opponents have i...

The good reviews for Thor: Ragnarok , which indicate it's pretty much a comedy, make me inclined to see it.   (Many reviews note that Je...

Non Catholics may have missed the fact that this month marks the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparition at Fatima, but Catholic media ha...

NPR has an interesting story up: Declassified Files Lay Bare U.S. Knowledge Of Mass Murders In Indonesia which is all about the ruthless...

I don't think many people were expecting Winston Peters to side with Labour forming the government in New Zealand.    A case of the wr...

Would be sort of funny for any libertarian techno-optimist who supported Brexit ("these regulations, they're just holding back our ...

Tim Blair does go on, and on, and on, about how much TV and radio stars make, doesn't he?  Or rather, about how much TV and radio stars ...

The Atlantic notes that China finances poor countries' development projects in a way that America has a problem with.   America probabl...

Hey, I only recently mentioned lava tubes on the Moon as the obvious place for a future Moon base, and here's one that's been identi...

Vox notes that Young Adult dystopia fiction is "out" (which is a bit of a pity for that long delayed final movie in the Mazerunne...

Given that it seems you can now get solar panels and battery storage at useful levels for around $12,000 to $15,000 (perhaps cheaper, if you...

*  NPR has an article about how Alaska actually has a lot of experience at running successful mini grids to buffer power outages (not alway...

I have a confession to make:   I feel I don't understand Australian energy issues enough to be able to write about them. I didn't ...

I watched the first episode of the ABC's new attempt at a movie (and now TV) review show - Screen Time. I have issues with it. The m...

I was half watching the Australian Story on Monday night about boxer Jeff Horn and his hard won fight with Pacquiao in Brisbane a few months...

I find it hard to believe that any politician or public servant takes Sinclair Davidson seriously any more (well, maybe public servants neve...

In The Atlantic, an article about China's rise as an international infrastructure developer: Now it’s China’s turn. The scale and scop...

I'm still watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (first series) on Netflix, and found last night's viewed episode "Kimmy Rides a B...

At NPR, a planetary scientist writes about the advantages of colonising Titan rather than Mars (or the Moon.)  But the one clear benefit ...