Opinion Dominion

Lots of tweeting going on about an interview Rachel Maddow has done with Parnas - one of the key figures in the Ukraine scandal - in which h...

From Real Climate . Here's what Sinclair Davidson was saying in 2011 : I would like to draw your attention - and your readers - t...

The problem with Buddhism, I find, is that while the face of it is often relatively appealing - the serene temples, the earnest looking monk...

Have a read of the texts just released between a weirdo wannabe Republican candidate and Giuliani's off sider in Ukraine, indicating th...

I have been reluctant to say anything about the Harry and Meghan escape to Canada story - it is an exceedingly unimportant story in the gran...

Brazil has opened a new base in Antarctica , but the design looks a little dull: See my previous post (from 2011!) about my preferred,...

Vox has an interesting short article: Robot priests can bless you, advise you, and even perform your funeral  My first reaction:  cool. ...

I can't say I followed him all that closely, but when I Google search my blog, I see he got a mention a dozen or so times. On the good...

Also noted, from the Washington Post of all places:  In the state of New South Wales, home to Sydney, health officials said emergency...

My testosterone must be low today - the Washington Post has a vegan recipe up that sounds and looks pretty delicious:

It's important to keep up with giant statue news , especially when it's a Battle of the Gods type situation: Catholics in India ar...

I need some news to cheer me up. Any ideas? Update :  here's one reason to be slightly cheerful - I do not live in this country: ...

Two recipes made recently by me, for my future reference: 1.  Linguine with prawns, chilli, garlic and rocket :   the base recipe ( from T...

So the mayor of massively burnt out Kangaroo Island is a climate change denying Liberal from way back, who is upset that Obama made a tweet...

It hadn't sunk into my consciousness 'til now, the matter of why a quantum internet was being keenly pursued as a research topic; bu...

I didn't watch much of his (Thursday morning?) post-airbase attack speech from the White House, but did notice the (now quite common) sl...

This lengthy essay at AEON talks about the little that is known, or guessed, about the historical Buddha.   (Very, very little is known wit...

I didn't know much about Mel Brooks' personal life, except that I recall something about an unflattering biography.  Not sure if the...

I mentioned last year that I had not been able to track down the (I think) RN Science Show in which it was claimed that the future of cheap,...

I've watched the first two episodes of the second series of Netflix's revamped Lost in Space, and I have to say, I still find the sh...