By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s note. This is a sombre article on a sombre subject. I have chosen the deeply moving music “Swing low, sweet chariot” to set the mood. There are many fine versions of this well-known tune written by Wallis Willis in 1862. I have chosen the one by Kevin Maynor. You will …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s note. To get into the mood of this special Father’s Day article, go to any search engine and find “Cat’s in the Cradle” sung by Harry Chapin in 1974. Its refrain is haunting, and every boy-turned-father understands the bite in the words, often painfully so… “A child arrived just the …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. In 1967 the Irish Rovers, a Canadian group audaciously featuring good natured boys from both the Orange and the Green, had a huge international hit. It was called “The Unicorn”, and it caught just the right whimsical note for its subject… and for this article. Go to any …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. In 1967 the Irish Rovers, a Canadian group audaciously featuring good natured boys from both the Orange and the Green, had a huge international hit. It was called “The Unicorn”, and it caught just the right whimsical note for its subject… and for this article. Go to any …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant The resignation of Congressman Anthony Weiner, June 16, 2011. Throwing away “the dearest thing he owed as ’twere a careless trifle.” Shakespeare, who knew a thing or two about delivering the right conclusions to move audiences, would, no doubt about it, have been underwhelmed by every aspect of U.S. Representative Anthony …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant America’s fourth and eighth graders took home their test results… and delivered the unquestionable fact that the history of this great nation is the subject in which they are least proficient. Just one finding epitomizes the whole: the overwhelming majority of these future citizens does not know who Abraham Lincoln is… …
It now mid-June, 2011 here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Harvard students have left town, some for good having just graduated; others making the trek to where all true Harvard students go in summer, to Washington, D.C. — and Power. The town is now filling up with summer school students who want to buff up their …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant This is an article for people who want to be smart bloggers! Bloggers who change lives! Bloggers who get people to sit up, take notice and say, “Wow! That guy is right! That guy is on the money!” Bloggers who don’t just want readers… … but fans who sit next to …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Crown Memorial State Beach, Alameda, California is the kind of place you come to breathe and shake off life’s trials and tribulations. The panorama is just what you think the Golden State should be…a place of possibilities, not inhibitions. Here the air is superior to any French vintage… the chill waters …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. To get into the mood of this article, I recommend searching any search engine to find one old summer song that retains its toe-tapping zest. It’s Mungo Jerry’s 1970 hit “In The Summertime.” So timeless is this infectious little number that Hershey’s, the chocolatiers, is using it in …