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.
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 …
The death of Bindeshwar Pathak this month has highlighted the enormous change he brought in an on-going fight to bring India’s sanitation habits into the …
Save the vultures may not be as appealing a slogan as save the elephants, save the blue whales, or save the pandas, but it may …
There was an interesting article in The Economist this week on what they called the “Hobby Lobby”, and the power that hobby enthusiasts exert, quietly…….at …
Civil war in the United States always conjures up images of multiple battles that decimated the troops on both sides, and was basically fought over …
I have written a couple of blogs on the resurrection of wind power as a method of powering cargo ships of the future. It seems …
In my mind, the name Holloway / Holloways had always meant the person who played Eliza Doolittle’s father in My Fair Lady, Stanley Holloway, or …
A coalition United Kingdom government that re-enters Europe. How’s that for a radical approach to the future of U.K. politics? We, U.K. citizens, seem …
The concepts of reason versus impression were the basis of advice given to Republican presidential candidate, Richard Nixon, during his campaign in 1968. An article …
