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 have just inaugurated my version of the “GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD” to reward the most stupid, inept, criminal and just plain dumb activities of public officials, and others, everywhere. I would appreciate your help in identifying great examples.
“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 …
“I spy, with my little Wi-Fi” is a cute title of an article that is quite frightening: Using Wi-Fi to track people inside buildings, when …
Triple cooked chips are one British chef’s answer to soggy, under-cooked potato fingers that almost all of us love. I’m not talking about French fries …
The Hamilton Road stretches 185 kilometers from Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, across the imposing Zagros Mountains, to the town …
“Humanity is not sustainable” sounds like an alarmist, perhaps environmental fanatical, statement. In some ways that is totally true, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. …
The towering walls of Great Zimbabwe are a humbling experience and yet, there is something inviting about the archaeological site. It doesn’t feel like an …
Malacca Strait volcanos have the very real potential to wreck the world economy. Much focus has been given to the problems that occur in the …
A wounded giant: Negativity is by now so deeply ingrained in American media culture that it’s become the default frame imposed on reality. In large …
Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a 187 year old promise to award them a sitting delegate …
Most of us have never heard of “Biphasic Sleep”, let alone heard of “First Sleep” or “Second Sleep”. However, they seem to have been normal …
