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.
British Humour is different, as anyone who has had contact with it will readily admit. Those of us lucky enough to have been born and …
A bomb in the Canadian constitution is real, and Canada is not alone. Any written constitution is almost certain to have errors, omissions, vague statements …
Eric Rinaldi, the last fisherman in Monaco, unties the mooring lines, and carefully maneuvers his fishing boat Diego out of Monaco’s harbour, Port Hercules, close …
No smoking in New Zealand has just taken a monumental step forward. Cigarette smoking bans have been growing in many countries ever since the evidence …
The Colombo to Badulla railway is so enchantingly beautiful that it’s become a bucket list adventure for many visitors. The long, forlorn sound of the …
The Island of Sark is the archetypical English seaside escape. Just three miles wide by 1.5 miles long, it is fringed by pale beaches and …
I want to address the major U.S. issue of ideological division, which is also present in many other of the world’s democracies, albeit at a …
Humanizing robots is a topic that has attracted and repelled mankind from the earliest days of robot development. The android, Commander Data, from StarTrek probably …
It is still a little difficult to think of Prince Charles as King Charles III. He has been “in waiting” for so many years and …
The mantra of the United States has always been “The land of individualism and opportunity; opportunities abound if you are willing to work hard, and …
