Opinion Dominion

Seems not to be well known:   Speaking of crime, Noah Smith seems to have actually found something to praise Australia about:  the way we gi...

The rainfall in Auckland that caused last weekend's flooding really was remarkable: This marks an unprecedented rainfall event for Auckl...

This really was very funny to watch - some idiot on Fox News being shown up, live, when he attempts to keep a Paul Pelosi conspiracy going: ...

This article at Crux comes up with some surprising figures showing that the Catholic Church not only has had big growth in Africa, but in te...

I watched the recent science fiction (UFO themed) film Nope last night.   It didn't give me much reason to revise my opinion of writer/...

Although I had watched a video or two about Daoism recently, it's not a philosophical approach of that great an interest to me (although...

At the Washington Post, this curious story: Humans still have the genes for a full coat of body hair.  Research reveals these genes are not ...

Let me continue my complaint about the way so much indigenous advocacy seems so deeply based in vague academic sociology language that is fu...

This is how I currently see it: 1.   It is correct to believe that the publicity given to the high crime rate in the Northern Territory , an...

Thinking about Buddhism, I don't think I have mentioned before that it seems to me it ought to have something of interest to say about t...

I see nothing significant to disagree with here in Alan Kohler's article:   The Liberal Party is a retirement village for male baby boom...

So, I've been reading up a bit on Pure Land Buddhism, and the origin of Amitabha Buddha, which it centres around. According to the (pret...

This article at the BCC by its long time correspondent in Japan gives a very convincing summary of the situation with the county.   You'...

Alex Baldwin being charged with involuntary manslaughter, I mean.   As noted in the NYT: The criminal charges Mr. Baldwin faces came as a s...

I didn't realise it was so long ago, but it was apparently in January 2018 that I had a cataract operation on my right eye.  The left ha...

Sometimes I watch low quality Buddhist videos for fun, but this one does show how simple the Pure Land style of Buddhism can be, with the &q...

I really don't understand why the ABC seems to be trying so hard to give high profile to drag figure Courtney Star, who I don't find...

From Nature : People living in the same household share more than just a roof (and pints of milk). Be they family or flatmate, housemates t...

Further to my previous posts about the various attempts that have been made to count the number of gay (and generically queer) people in dif...