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 called this blog “Friedman on Netanyahu”. I could have called it “Friedman versus Netanyahu” because it is the first time I have seen …
I am addressing an extremely delicate subject in this blog. I am discussing the preamble to the U.S. Declaration of Independence in terms of the …
Like many people I was thoroughly impressed by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the recent Superbowl. It sent a powerful message, it was choreographied at …
Runic inscriptions, “Runes”, from the Viking Age, still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written. They reveal fascinating stories of love, loss …
I just read an article in the Economist that was devoted to a new discussion in the wine industry centered on “Blouge” wine, which I …
The Abbey Library of St. Gallen, In eastern Switzerland, is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years. …
I thought this thoughtful analysis by journalist David French was worth re-publishing. “It’s important to know exactly what is happening in our country. President …
The contents of this blog, taken from a published article, should be broadcast as widely as possible because the knowledge it contains is essential for …
I had never heard this true story, which is about one man saying “NO” during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and, literally, saving the world. …
Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint, all related …
