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.
America versus the U.K. is the subject of an article by Jon Sopel, the BBC’s North American Editor since 2014. He is returning to the …
About bloody time! The U.S. and U.K. are joining forces to “impose consequences” on their shared adversaries who conduct malicious cyber-activities. As I have said …
New Zealand’s 180-million-year-old forest in Curio Bay was once part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. The petrified remnants of that forest is one of …
Batteries are the biggest problem facing the adoption of electric power on far broader scales than are presently feasible. Electric cars require large batteries to …
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone by Napoleon’s engineers, when they were renovating an Egyptian fort in 1798, enabled ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to be deciphered …
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. Considered …
I announced recently, on the opening page of this Blog site, that I would soon be initiating a new “Golden Fleece Award” on a fairly …
Donald Trump’s cowardice saved democracy in the U.S. on January 6, 2021. That assertion is becoming more and more evident as the information about what …
Re-creating the Northern White Rhino sounds a bit like science fiction, but we have already cloned a sheep successfully and, if reports are to be …
Drones killing humans is a scenario we have been programmed to think will never happen. We think that all robots will have a built-in safety …
