Current Author: Mark Korber
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
RACIAL SEGREGATION IN WEST HARTFORD AND BLOOMFIELD
The Hartford Courant did the community a great service Sunday morning, publishing an above-the-fold investigative story headed “How two towns illustrate racial divide.” West Hartford is ...
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LOONEY REDUX
Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney from New Haven once again this year has proposed changes in state-funded school construction reimbursement rates. By reducing reimbursement to ...
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Goodbye, GOP
Why am I no longer a Republican? I know, many of you think that’s the wrong question. The correct question, you say, is “why were you ...
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REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
I was talking to a friend the other day about racism. He is pessimistic and discouraged. He understands now how deeply embedded racism is in our ...
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Trump Brought Out the Anti-Racist in Many of Us
By way of background, I read Mark’s blog on white supremacy and then wrote him an email suggesting that while he was correct, he was missing ...
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THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
For weeks, over and over, people said the election was stolen. Many of us have been baffled by such assertions. How can so many people honestly ...
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STEFANOWSKI
Give Bob Stefanowski credit for getting one thing right: Connecticut’s cities have major problems. Other than that, this guy who seems to still want to be ...
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Finally
Through all those years of futility, years without division titles or playoff appearances, years without respect, years of frustration, I never thought about a game where ...
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THE NEXT NEW WORLD
Our country was founded on a simple but profound principle: That free people will build a new world, a better world. There was no way that ...
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RACISM ISN’T A POLITICAL PROBLEM
We should get one thing straight: Racism is a cultural problem, not a political problem. Racism isn’t about Democrat and Rebublican, and it isn’t about passing ...
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