David Aitken

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How Do You Paint a Pandemic?

Someone once gave me a useful piece of advice about art.  "When you see a Picasso painting of a woman with eyes on both...

Herd Immunity for Rustlers? by David Aitken

If you were being pressed for an answer on a television quiz show -- one of those where possible responses are already displayed on...

If Time Stops, Return Your Watch

On the edge of a black hole in space, time stops.  If we move away after a few minutes, a million years might have...

We are Living in an Age of Blame

One morning at his home in Paris, Alfred Nobel was understandably surprised to read his own obituary in a French newspaper. Not only because he...

An Ear Full of Cider

It is only very rarely that someone beats the system.  Any gambler would tell you the house always wins.  Not that this stops any...