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.
A POLITICIAN’S HANDBOOK FOR IMPROVING AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION October 2026 The United States Constitution contains nothing about the creation of political …
I was thinking about the state-of-play relating to the upcoming Midterm elections in the U.S., and what the possible outcomes could be, given that it …
I found this article on Greenland sharks fascinating: Some Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries, and eyesight that doesn’t fade, this deep-sea shark defies age-related decline. The ocean’s dead often wash up on the storm-battered west coast of Ireland. But in April 2026, …
Olimpia Maidalchini, the Mistress of the Vatican (her description in Eleanor Herman’s book of the same title), was born in a small Italian town outside of Rome in 1591, to a family of no wealth and little influence. The money her father did make, he intended to leave solely to his son, meaning that Olimpia …
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I have written several blogs over the past year or so in which I have included my conclusion that the only three pillars of Trump’s motivation for doing everything in his life are: (1) Staying out of jail; (2) making as much money as possible by whatever means he can get away with; and (3) …
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Legislative enforcement is a topic that has bothered me for a long time: From my days as a lobbyist in Washington, many moons ago, to wondering what will happen when Trump decides to ignore the laws of the land and cancel the next mid-term elections because he thinks the Republicans will lose the House of …
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Sorry. Sorry to bother you. Sorry for the delay. Sorry about the weather. Sorry for all of the above. In the UK, “Sorry” is …
“Get paid, not aid” is the title of an Economist article on the growing initiatives for investing in Africa. Traditionally, both Africans and foreigners have …
Grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory seems to be the only initiative that the U.S. Democratic Party structure is publicly projecting at the moment, …
The New Forest, in the U.K., was created by William the Conqueror as a personal hunting reserve soon after his conquest of Britain in 1066. …
