Essays & Opinion

Harman-ies and Equations; Unions and Divides

There is an irreducible problem with making decisions. Decisions will always be terrible when people have beliefs that are passionate, confident, certain but...

The 90 Wonders of the World

Herodotus has a lot to answer for. He lived during the wars between Greece and Persia in the 5th Century BC. His...

What Nukes and Porn Have In Common

There are always quite a few news stories about porn, and this week was no different. This week's porn stories included: a toy...

Pirate Treasurers (and other absurdities)

The world is absurd, of course. I am trying to re-read Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, in which he deals head-on with the...

Survival is Everything

Nature is elegant. It solves problems. In nature we find the ears of the bat, the neck of the giraffe, the legs...

Digital Division: Brown’s Roadmap to Nowhere

This week saw the publication of the British Government's Digital Britain report. Whatever else it told us, it confirmed one thing: we are...

The New Properties of New Property

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a lefty, and he does not know it. Or maybe Arnie is one of those righty freedom fighters that end...

…Because All Can Govern

My last two posts were entitled If All Politicians Are Bad"¦ and "¦We Must All Be Politicians"¦ respectively. Now you have seen the...

…We Must All Be Politicians…

In my last post, I felt driven to comment on the current scandal surrounding British Members of Parliament and how they have been able...

If All Politicians Are Bad…

Democracy. It is a Greek word. The word is the conjunction of "dêmos", meaning "people", and "krátos", meaning rule. The word...

Do You Realize?? – Never Mix Politics with Rock and Roll

Do you realize how much trouble can be caused when politicians get messed up with music? I am not talking about asking your...

True Views of the News

It is amazing what insomniacs can buy at 4am in the morning, thanks to teleshopping. Kitchen knives that never need sharpening. Chess...
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