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.
Democrats need a coherent program and strategy that reflects what the majority of the American people want. Right now, they appear to have neither, certainly …
This story about Flying Foxes, apart from being a fascinating story in its own right, made me wonder, and not for the first time, why …
An interesting story of principle, integrity and courage that I had never heard before but is, I think, worth repeating. He grew up speaking …
This story of the reintroduction of rhinos into the vast national parks of Uganda gives us all hope that we can actually curb our tendencies …
From The Gambia to the U.S., sea saltwater incursion is increasingly seeping into the freshwaters people need for drinking and producing food. Someone turns on …
I think it’s about time the Democrats stopped hoping against hope that Donald Trump will not impede their takeover of the House of Representatives, and …
Sly foxes have proved over and over again that they can adapt to the most-unlikely environments; for example, there are supposedly more foxes in the …
Decades after its release into the wild, a super-ageing, bone-crunching bearded vulture, called Balthazar, (picture above), reveals a major conservation success. In the autumn …
An article on gene-edited fruit recently caught my attention, not so much because it’s unusual but more as a concern based on a meeting I …
A recent article in The Economist entitled “The Welfare States of America” surprised me to the point that I thought the information was worth passing …
