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.
Trump and Puerto Rico – an opportunity. Having devoted a significant portion of my life to Puerto Rico, living and working there for over forty …
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, …
Dirt doesn’t burn seems like an obvious comment but one that has been mostly abandoned by the U.S. construction industry. However, building homes with dirt …
Lost for centuries, two Silk Road cities have recently been revealed by drone technology. For centuries, these abandoned cities lay hidden in the mountains of Central …
The sound of silence would be a welcome change for the world’s marine life as they battle the intrusion of maritime shipping. Noise pollution, as …
That Putin is going feral is the conclusion of an extensive article in the Economist recently. Specifically, the article reports on his apparent “everything, everywhere, …
Return to the forest sounds like a call for indigenous species of animals to return to their traditional habitat. That is true of this story …
Cut off for twelve hours a day from the rest of the world, describes a unique hotel in Switzerland. While the country is full of …
If Donald Trump wins the U.S. Presidential election is not a subject that I cherish writing about, as my readers will have gathered from previous …
We occasionally hear storm warnings about Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. However, for most people in the West, it is too far away …
