Current Author: Mark Korber
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
Robert’s Rules
January 14, 2023
I’ve been thinking about Robert’s Rules of Order. …. Okay, thanks to the two of you who didn't stop reading. You must be lawyers. Who else ...
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Buffalo Rises, Again
January 5, 2023
Buffalo. I was born in Buffalo and spent my childhood in Buffalo. Well, I spent my childhood in Eggertsville, just outside Buffalo, on the city line ...
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Beyond van Gogh
September 23, 2022
Carolyn and I recently visited the immersive experience (their words, not mine) Beyond van Gogh, available at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford through October 23. ...
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Verizon
August 19, 2022
One of the images that lingers with me from the January 6 demonstration at the Capitol is how casually so many people strolled through the building, ...
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Claire Invents Penicillin
August 5, 2022
Carolyn and I recently began watching the fifth season of Outlander. We aren't up to date so, for you Outlander fans, no spoilers, please. If you ...
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Hit Me with Your Best Shot
July 30, 2022
Pat Benatar no longer sings her hit song, “Hit Me with Your Best Shot.” Respect for the victims of mass shootings and their families has driven ...
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How about a Little Human Decency?
July 22, 2022
One of the remarkable things about the human brain is that thing that gives us the feeling that our thoughts are original and unique when, much ...
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Whither Stamford? Damned If I Know
July 15, 2022
A friend of mine wrote to me a few weeks ago, asking whether regional government could help turn Stamford into a major city, not just in ...
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What’s to Celebrate this Fourth of July?
July 4, 2022
So far as I can tell, our egos have taken over, and near perpetual hysteria is the result. What happened? For multiple decades, we’ve forgotten that ...
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Guns
June 24, 2022
I’m frustrated by the endless cycle of the gun control issue: Mass shooting, followed by calls for legislation, followed by diversionary arguments that all derive from ...
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