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.
One of my readers, and a close friend, sent me this story of London Stretcher Railings, which I had never heard before. I’ve walked by …
Historically, as civilizations developed, they became more and more reliant on people from somewhere else to keep their economies and their lifestyles growing. The longer …
Founded in 427 CE, Nalanda is considered the world’s first residential university, a sort of medieval Ivy League institution home to nine million books that …
These are the first Golden Fleece Awards I’ve given for quite some time. That doesn’t mean that public officials have made less stupid decisions, or …
A “Person of Color” has become a popular media term to cover all minorities, but that term is so general that it becomes somewhat meaningless. …
I have written several blogs on the mystery of Roman concrete, and why it appears so much better than the concrete available to us today. …
The weird and wonderful folk festivals of Britain are largely unknown outside of the rural locations where they are practiced. They are performed by the …
The recent media storm about Advanced Placement (AP) courses in U.S. high schools triggered a concern I have had for many years. This particular recent …
We have all heard about how climate change and pollution are affecting our oceans but rising ocean acidification has rarely been part of those discussions: …
“Popular etymologies are apocryphal” is the lead caption of an article I found in the latest edition of The Economist. The article looks at the …
