Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community
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 the same thoughts that many other people are Continue reading How about a Little Human Decency?
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 Connecticut but in the northeast. I responded as follows: Frankly, I don’t have much of Continue reading Whither Stamford? Damned If I Know
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 great American freedom experiment cooperatively, together. Instead, many Continue reading What’s to Celebrate this Fourth of July?
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 don’t kill people; people kill people,” followed by Continue reading Guns
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 mass murder at the Tops Friendly Markets in Continue reading Letter to Harold
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. Sacks calls on his broad range of learning in philosophy, religion, history, and the Continue reading Sacks and Jackson
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 Google search turns up the website for the Great Meadows Conservation Trust. In other Continue reading The Great Meadows
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 Hartford, in natural settings if we can find them. Since we live in Glastonbury Continue reading Walks Along the River
A couple of my friends mentioned Tom Condon’s interview with Lyle Wray that was published in the Hartford Courant on Sunday. Wray Interview. I have a few reactions to what Wray had to say. Wray recently retired as Executive Director Continue reading Leadership is Missing
Recently, I’ve had separate conversations with friends who have lamented the racism inherent in the NFL. I defended the NFL with my best guess as to the actual numbers, without doing any investigation into those numbers. The other day, in Continue reading Racism in the NFL