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 just read an article in the Economist that was devoted to a new discussion in the wine industry centered on “Blouge” wine, which I …
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 …
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 …
The events in Minneapolis last week, and a book I am presently reading by Heather Cox-Richardson called “Democracy Awakening”, prompted me to write this blog, …
In this blog, I will float the idea that the United States should totally disband both major political parties, Democratic and Republican. The only …
It’s been 200 years since the word “hello” was first used in print, though its beginnings date back to the 15th Century. This article investigates …
