Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community
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 laws to fix racism. Racism is a cultural problem. Racism is something that pretty Continue reading RACISM ISN’T A POLITICAL PROBLEM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”