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.
We are sending badly educated people to Washington DC to form the government that is supposed to represent us in the American experiment of democracy. …
“Writer of common sense into computers” was the header of an obituary I read in The Economist this week for Douglas Lenat. I don’t generally …
I have tended to think that worrying about Russian spies was a remnant of the old Cold War. It has certainly faded from the news …
“Too many hats” sounds like an admonition of a person who takes on so many different roles that they perform all of them badly. Equally, …
Sea Sponges in Zanzibar struck me as a story that should have wider circulation. It is, at the same time, heart-warming, topical, and an indication …
The Bullet is, debatably, one of the world’s most enduring manufactured products. With that statement, you may well think I am talking about the projectile …
There are many implications and strange consequences of climate change that we haven’t even begun to contemplate yet, and this story of crocodiles and hippos …
I have written several blogs suggesting “war over water” will be the next world war. We seem to have almost daily examples in our news …
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Supreme Court don’t interact very often, but an obscure case recently accepted by the Court could have significant consequences for …
Democratic demise in Africa seems to be on the increase. This week’s news that the democratic leader of Gabon has just been ousted by the …
