HEDGEHOGS NOT ROAD HOGS
An article I read recently, entitled “Hedgehogs not road hogs” illustrated that France is leading Europe in its practical efforts to reduce the slaughter of …
ENGLISH HUMOUR
English humour has never travelled well across cultures, and I think that’s probably true for most humour, regardless of its origin. Even when English humor …
WHISKEY WARS
Whiskey Wars in the Arctic. In today’s world of international politics, confrontation, posturing and outright unwarranted aggression, it is good to see that some instances …
SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS
I have used the work myopic many times in past blogs to describe the views of politicians but myopia is also the definition of visual …
BORIS
Boris Johnson’s conservative Government is almost certainly on its way out, after the disastrous result of the confidence vote last week. Yes, Boris won the …
DISMANTLING LONDONGRAD
Dismantling Londongrad was an interesting title of an article in The Economist this week. The news has been reporting on the yachts of the Russian …
MAY 9
There has been a lot of talk this past week about the significance of May 9 (tomorrow) in Russia. The following article, written by Tom …
GATES OF BERLIN
Putin won’t stop until he reaches the gates of Berlin. That was a reported comment from one of the many “experts” on the Russian war …
RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR
I don’t normally present a full article in “Connecting the Dots” but this one is such a good analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian War that it …
WISHFUL THINKING
I thought it was time for a little wishful thinking. After the doom and gloom of the past three weeks it is time to think …