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IT’S TIME TO LISTEN

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Mark Korber — 9 Comments ↓

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 left, the seeming impossibility of agreeing about anything important.  We all see the problem, Continue reading IT’S TIME TO LISTEN→

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IF YOU WANT TO END RACISM AND STUFF YOU GOT TO SING LOUD

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Mark Korber — 1 Comment ↓

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 around on the guitar With feeling. So we’ll wait for it to come around Continue reading IF YOU WANT TO END RACISM AND STUFF YOU GOT TO SING LOUD→

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FEEL IT

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Mark Korber — 4 Comments ↓

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 feelings from one human being to another.  Communication among most animals is limited, at Continue reading FEEL IT→

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AMERICA NEEDS ITS BLACK POPULATION

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Mark Korber — 1 Comment ↓

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 for the world.  They believed they were creating a system where people could be Continue reading AMERICA NEEDS ITS BLACK POPULATION→

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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Mark Korber — 2 Comments ↓

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.  I’m becoming an American, just not a white American.  One word, but it’s a Continue reading THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS→

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DESEGREGATING WETHERSFIELD IS IMPOSSIBLE

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Mark Korber — No Comments ↓

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 or Glastonbury or South Windsor, feel free to substitute your town’s name for Wethersfield. Continue reading DESEGREGATING WETHERSFIELD IS IMPOSSIBLE→

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IN PRAISE OF AT THE RIVER I STAND

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Mark Korber — 1 Comment ↓

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 of a new musical drama produced by TheaterWorks in Hartford.  My timing is bad Continue reading IN PRAISE OF AT THE RIVER I STAND→

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HOWARD

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Mark Korber — No Comments ↓

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 with the woman who would become my wife. To earn a few dollars while Continue reading HOWARD→

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“I LIKE MY TOWN THE WAY IT IS”

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Mark Korber — 3 Comments ↓

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 them why not, some give me reasons why merging is a bad idea, but Continue reading “I LIKE MY TOWN THE WAY IT IS”→

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YOUR SEGREGATED GREATER HARTFORD – JUST THE FACTS

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Mark Korber — No Comments ↓

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 for you to think about. A couple of preliminaries.  First, don’t ask me where Continue reading YOUR SEGREGATED GREATER HARTFORD – JUST THE FACTS→

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