Current Author: Mark Korber
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
Claire Invents Penicillin
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
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?
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
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?
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
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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Letter to Harold
Dear Harold – I got your email seeking my opinion about the need “to advocate for dramatic legislation towards racism and reparations for black people in ...
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Sacks and Jackson
My book group finished the 2021-22 season with one of the best books I’ve read: Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, by Jonathan Sacks. ...
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The Great Meadows
Ralph and I walk in the Great Meadows in Wethersfield and Rocky Hill. I don’t know much of anything about the Great Meadows, except that a ...
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Walks Along the River
My buddy Ralph and I have been taking occasional walks together. We’ve been looking for interesting but not to strenuous two- to three-mile routes around greater ...
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