Do the Right Thing

In July of 1588 a large Spanish fleet edged Eastward up the English Channel, followed, just beyond long cannon shot, by the fleet of England. There, aboard the Sao Martinho, Flagship of the Squadron of Portugal, and indeed the whole Armada, stood Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, who […]

Physics, Psychology and the Casino Industry

The other day my wife called me and asked me what I was doing. I gave her the standard one word answer – working. She then asked me what I was thinking. I gave her the standard one word answer – nothing. We often joke back and forth like this but basically she was curious […]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

This column was born in South Africa, in the middle of nowhere between Jo’Burg and Sun City in a Dacia revving at 5,000 and barely making it up a hill. I would call it a difficult birth, but I am certain it will have a bright future. Glyn and I agreed that a structured series […]