I created the “Connecting the Dots” blog site to investigate and interpret a global range of topics from an international, and personally quirky, perspective.
My topics in “Connecting the Dots” include politics, the environment, fun issues, social issues and anything else that catches my attention. I hope you enjoy them, and will join me through your comments.
I inaugurated the “GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD” some time ago, which rewards the most stupid, inept, criminal and just plain dumb activities of public officials and others, everywhere. I have now added another award, the “GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD”, which celebrates remarkably positive activities of public officials and others. I would appreciate your help in identifying great examples of both.
I have often thought that the next world war will be fought over water. Not territory, nuclear arms, dominant economies, exploitation of space, Antarctica or …
The new Vera Rubin Observatory telescope will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy …
I am in the middle of reading a book by Stephen Breyer, called Reading the Constitution, and it triggered a thought about the relationship between …
I thought this was a considered and succinct report on current American foreign and defense policy under the chaotic leadership – if you can call …
Many of us remember the excitement generated by the spectacle of the Roman chariot race depicted in the film Ben Hur. Some of us have …
Congressional Reform has been talked about for decades, if not from immediately after the U.S. Congress was first convened a couple of hundred years ago. …
Beware of dung carts! One day in August 1565, James Johnson got drunk. By early evening he was so intoxicated that he fell asleep in …
People born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens by birth. However, this kind of citizenship is not the same as the kind of citizenship that …
This blog is about a warning and an opportunity. (The picture is of Emily Pankhurst). The warning is about what could reasonably-be-anticipated to happen …
Inspired by a trailblazing transgender model, Malta has become one of the most accepting countries in the world in the past 20 years for transgender …
