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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. I enjoyed it so much that ...

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, as though they were just tourists. ...

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 haven’t watched Outlander, here’s the briefest ...

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 her to believe that the song ...

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 more often than not, they are ...

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 we’re supposed to be running the ...

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 the granddaddy of them all: “Guns ...

Letter to Harold

May 27, 2022

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 America” in light of the recent ...

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Author: Mark Korber

Mark Korber is a semi-retired curmudgeon who can’t quite stop practicing law. He is known to his friends to have an opinion on most anything and to express it, in detail, to anyone who shows the slightest interest. He writes about regionalism, Hartford, family and the Buffalo Bills.