Should Russia and Israel be banned from everything?
The first time I recognized the boycott wars was the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. I...
Are robots about to take over?
The Robots Are Coming! In the 1960s, sci-fi authors projected a robotic future for humanity....
My ideal home
When we were first married, any home was considered ideal. We managed to rent a...
Can Donald Trump ever have a fair trial?
Let’s get this part out of the way first: yes, the system is designed so...
How relevant is NATO at 75?
I was seriously wrong about NATO. I guess I wasn’t alone in dismissing NATO as...
It’s 2024 – but I went to sleep in 1980……
I went to sleep and woke up 54 years later. A couple of weeks before...
Why is our world on fire?
It is a common assumption that bad news works better than good news. Several scientific...
My Country: Comings & Goings
Russia: who’s in and who’s out One of the biggest troubles of Russian so-called ‘patriots’,...
60 years of space travel – have we learnt anything?
Even though Britain was relatively late in having an astronaut blast into space, (1991), us...
Why do we vote for these chumps?
In March 2000, I voted for Vladimir Putin. Surprise, surprise! It was the only time...