Current Author: Mark Korber

Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.

IT’S TIME TO LISTEN

I find I keep having the same conversation with people.  It’s a conversation about the great divide in the United States, the gulf between right and ...
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IF YOU WANT TO END RACISM AND STUFF YOU GOT TO SING LOUD

And that's what it is, the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement, and all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it comes ...
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FEEL IT

Perhaps the greatest single characteristic of humans that makes them unique among all other living beings is our ability to transfer complex thoughts, ideas, concepts, and ...
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AMERICA NEEDS ITS BLACK POPULATION

I read somewhere that the Founding Fathers believed not only that they were creating a government for our country; they believed they were creating a blueprint ...
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

I’m changing.  I lived the first 73 years of my life as a white American in white America.  A few months ago, I began to change.  ...
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DESEGREGATING WETHERSFIELD IS IMPOSSIBLE

Let’s consider why the Town of Wethersfield never will desegregate.  I’m white and live in Wethersfield; if you’re white and live in West Hartford or Newington ...
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IN PRAISE OF AT THE RIVER I STAND

Timing is everything and unfortunately, my timing on this is pretty bad.  I’m writing to recommend to you At the River I Stand, a live-streamed reading ...
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HOWARD

It was November 1972. I was a graduate student at The Catholic University of America, living on Capitol Hill, and had just fallen madly in love ...
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“I LIKE MY TOWN THE WAY IT IS”

Plenty of people tell me I’m wasting my time talking about merging Hartford and several surrounding towns.   They say it will never happen. When I ask ...
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YOUR SEGREGATED GREATER HARTFORD – JUST THE FACTS

It's do-it-yourself week.  I give you the data; you do the thinking.  Don't worry; it isn't hard, and I'll help you along a bit.  Just something ...
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