Nov 7, 2018 | Curt Comments
President Donald Trump offered a solution. He was headed to Indianapolis for the National FFA Convention last month when the latest national tragedy unfurled: an anti-Semite and racist named Robert Bowers burst into the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and started...
Oct 31, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Many Halloween traditions may have originated with the ancient Celts and their priests, the druids. Other civilizations adopted and changed the ancient rituals, such as bobbing for apples or donning disguises. “Our Halloween celebrations are the...
Oct 24, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The iconic memories of my youth are fading away. And this time it isn’t my mind that’s going…though some may take issue with that. Like Eastman Kodak, photo giant of my childhood and later early worklife, Sears filed bankruptcy last week. Founded...
Oct 17, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener For those without gray hair & wrinkles, the Marx Brothers were a comedy team during black & white movie days. Later ‘Groucho’ Marx became the wise cracking punster of the (again black & white) TV show ‘You Bet Your Life’. If you are a...
Oct 3, 2018 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener There’s probably no one more independent, down to earth, and plain speaking than the American cowboy. The western lifestyle—or at least the romance and longing to be associated with that life—is manifested and replicated throughout most of the U.S....
Sep 26, 2018 | Curt Comments
The voice vote was unanimous. The Interim Committee on Government, chaired by Rep. Kevin Mahan, R-Hartford City, instructed its staff last Wednesday to draft a report that supports the continued publication of annual financial report information by cities and towns in...
