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.
An army of reptilian bulldozers – giant tortoises – is helping a Galápagos island, Española, make an ecological comeback. Española’s burgeoning tortoise population – …
I thought this article on the plans for using straw as insulation on homes in the U.K. was worth reporting as a sensible contribution to …
Caffeine is the world’s favorite drug, and half the world’s coffee-growing land is at risk from climate change, according to a major article in a …
I have written several blogs on the inevitability of some form of civil war in the United States if Trump doesn’t win the next election. …
A dignified death is all any of us can hope for. Barring accidents, cataclysmic events, and serious disease, all of which are beyond our control, …
The idea that some jumped-up, self-idolizing hick from the lower end of the American media circus could be anything other than a patsy for Putin’s …
“How ants persuaded lions to eat buffalo” sounds like a story out of a children’s book. However, reality is often stranger than fiction, as we …
Why do humans need religion, or, indeed, why do they need a god, or multiple gods? There are almost no groupings of humans that have …
Rosemary Parslow crawls on her hands and knees across the frozen ground of the Scilly Isles under a wintry sky. Most other visitors to the …
Do you like crisps or chips? Your answer will depend on whether you are English or American, but they are, basically, the same thing: Crisps …
