Author Archives: Antonius

Fits me to a T, by the way…. and the subject-line kicks up 25 million internet references. Encouraging, that informed debate is very much alive as you can see here: http://richarddawkins.net/videos/644963-secularism-v-religion-in-national-affairs-post-warsi-discussion-on-bbc-newsnight-14-2-12 I am grateful for friends who forward me such information, who … Continue reading →

“Lots of legroom and HUGE freezers. But for a fishin’ trip you can’t beat an air-force  ’copter…”

Pretty quiet around RW since we lost our inspirational author. But he would surely have something to say about both the Arab Spring and OCCUPY in our part of the world, and would expect no less from his readers. The first, I … Continue reading →

The absence of PR in Ontario worked real good for Dalton McGuinty yesterday. I’m revamping a comment from 2008, made in response to a call at the time from Jim in support of PR, and in the light of numbers from yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Benoit Mandelbrot is the father of fractals. A mathematician who worked for IBM, he was no doubt a very clever man. But one of his mathematical peers disdainfully referred to Mandelbrot’s passion for fractal-study as “an artefact of your silly … Continue reading →