Has anybody been keeping an eye on the clock recently? The Doomsday Clock that is — the famous symbolic representation of where some scientists believe we currently stand in relation to Armageddon. Factoring in threats such a climate change, war, pestilence and, I assume, Donald Trump, the last reckoning (in January) found that it was 100 seconds to midnight. Midnight obviously representing goodnight. After this week’s “I’m not bluffing” announcement from Vladimir Putin, that he is considering using hypersonic nuclear missiles to teach the West a lesson about interfering in Ukraine, I think it’s fair to say that the big...