MARGARET Hamilton has died, the NS Savannah is in danger of scrapping, and the President of the United States has been haranguing the General Assembly of the United Nations with threats of annihilation. Can we find something good to talk about? Well, there is some progress in getting nuclear power to the Canadian First Nations and remote northern regions. Also, the ugly history of the parking lots at the State Fair of Texas ; I question the existence of religious grounds for refusing vaccinations ; and I find another reason to mention the great Fred Hoyle and his book A Decade of Decision.