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.
Lost Lego seems like a kid’s nightmare, or some publicist’s idea of a catchphrase. However, when five million pieces of Lego are lost it becomes …
France takes cheese seriously. Ask someone like celebrated food and restaurant critic François-Régis. Mr. Gaudry defines cheese as a ritualistic passage between a meal and …
Tribes and conservation organizations in the United States have recently started bringing the bison back. And scientists studying the returns are discovering that getting the …
The head of MI5, Ken McCallum, was recently joined by the heads of the U.S., Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand, security agencies in a meeting …
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is considered highly vulnerable to rising temperatures, especially in the area around the Thwaites Glacier. The entire Antarctic ice sheet …
“What US schools do wrong” is the title of an article I read this week about a simple reality of the teaching environment that could …
A recent article about Rome recycling its coinage brought home to me the idea that modern Western society didn’t invent re-cycling, as many of us …
The performance of U.S. students in the basic subjects of mathematics and English has been declining, or at best stagnating, over the past decade, and …
The history of the AR-15, is a fascinating story of an attempt to save American lives that turned into one of the most destructive elements …
The latest outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Palestine seems to be a culmination of over fifty years of conflict, and unresolved issues. Territory, religion, …
