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.
Pyongyang: A major missile supplier? In January 2024, a young Ukrainian weapons inspector, Krystyna Kimachuk, got word that an unusual-looking missile had crashed into …
The latest stretch of the King Charles III England Coast Path, opened in August 2023, takes hikers along the enchanting Northumberland coast via imperious castles, …
I don’t often publish, verbatim, an article from somewhere else, but a Time Magazine article this week is so poignant and direct that it needs …
This story about community integrity struck a chord with me. I have written several blogs about the U.S. problem with community responsibility versus individualism, and …
Israeli Government blackmail sounds plausible under many scenarios, including the way that I mean it here. The Israeli government has, for many years, successfully played …
I have been a fan of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program for many years. It was founded in Geneva in 1968, to provide a high-level …
Kih’Nyiah McKay may be just 11 years old, but she is keenly aware of the climate crisis. She knows the loss of trees reduces oxygen, …
We all know that Vladimir Putin is engaged in a massive effort to undermine western democracies, whether through the obvious war in Ukraine which threatens …
Maeshowe. For thousands of years, our ancestors found solace in the winter solstice. Today, that belief is still reflected in the astonishing sight of the …
Lysistrata, revisited, in the U.S., seems an unlikely occurrence even in the bizarre state of the nation at the moment. Most people will have heard …
