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.
Saint James Way starts at the 900-year-old ruins of Reading Abbey, in Berkshire, Southern England, and meanders south for 68.5 miles before reaching Southampton. However, …
The Great Carbon Valley is something you’ve probably never heard of. I certainly hadn’t. The article I read, with that as a title, revealed that …
My partner recently forwarded the following article by Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times. It is such a good “capsule” of Donald Trump …
Something remarkable happened in Montana recently. The U.S.’s first-ever trial in a constitutional climate lawsuit kicked off on a Monday morning in a packed courtroom …
I have always thought that religion will be the downfall of the United States. From the time I looked out of my sixth-floor apartment window …
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The question no-one seems to asking about Donald Trump, and his attempted hoarding of classified documents in his Mar-a-Largo home, is why he did it. …
“What were the sounds of Stonehenge” must be one of the few questions I’ve never heard asked about this iconic monument. After 5,000 years, and …
The eco-conscious King Charles has worn his Barbour for decades, and Queen Elizabeth wore hers for 25 years, even refusing a new one offered to …
Cretaceous capitalism sounds like a somewhat preposterous combination of words, but trade in fossils, particularly massive ones, is making that word-combination more real. In 2020, …
I have written several blogs about the relationship between education and democratic responsibility, both at the individual and political levels. I want look into this …
