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.
An article on gene-edited fruit recently caught my attention, not so much because it’s unusual but more as a concern based on a meeting I …
Sly foxes have proved over and over again that they can adapt to the most-unlikely environments; for example, there are supposedly more foxes in the …
Decades after its release into the wild, a super-ageing, bone-crunching bearded vulture, called Balthazar, (picture above), reveals a major conservation success. In the autumn …
A recent article in The Economist entitled “The Welfare States of America” surprised me to the point that I thought the information was worth passing …
Most of the world’s problems today can be attributed, in one way or another, to unrestricted population growth. Traditionally, this proliferation has been controlled by …
Polar bears on some Norwegian islands are fatter and healthier, despite ice loss, scientists say. This article is an interesting commentary on how wildlife can …
I hate to tell you this, but “Satnavs” in your vehicle are not foolproof, even though most of us assume that they are completely accurate. …
I’ve entitled this blog “Official Idiots Abroad” because Donald Trump seems to have taken “The Ugly American” to a whole new level in his ambassadorial …
It may be a slight exaggeration to call being a Congress person “the crummiest job in Washington” but it’s a lot closer to the truth …
I am addressing an extremely delicate subject in this blog. I am discussing the preamble to the U.S. Declaration of Independence in terms of the …
