By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Because I remember that you are, genetically at least, some substantial fraction Hungarian, I have chosen Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2″ (published 1851) to accompany this article. Stirring isn’t it…. and also just a tad bombastic? Your ancestors in Buda or Pest no doubt enjoyed it… and …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I am writing this article because my father, Donald Marshall Lant, asked me to. Like millions of people, he — and I — have been fascinated by the candid memories of the Queen of Camelot. They are mesmerizing and make us wish that other consorts had had the …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. This is one of the dozens of articles I’ve written about success. All are prescriptive, honest, detailed… the kind of articles you use a refrigerator magnet to post for the one in your house who talks the best game about success… but never does what’s necessary to achieve …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I wasn’t going to write about politics today. I had everything all laid out for a laudatory article on an extraordinary woman and her important work with children. That, alas, will have to wait because of what a 70 year old Roman Catholic named Bob Turner accomplished on …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I wasn’t going to write about politics today. I had everything all laid out for a laudatory article on an extraordinary woman and her important work with children. That, alas, will have to wait because of what a 70 year old Roman Catholic named Bob Turner accomplished on …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I wasn’t going to write about politics today. I had everything all laid out for a laudatory article on an extraordinary woman and her important work with children. That, alas, will have to wait because of what a 70 year old Roman Catholic named Bob Turner accomplished on …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant It is still dark outside my brilliantly lit Cambridge, Massachusetts office at 5:31 a.m. Eastern time, September 14, 2011. I am happy not only because I have just a few minutes ago completed my article of the day… but because this is the 350th article in my current series. Today’s article …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Whether you like it or not, the song to learn is John Sinclair’s 1903 favorite, “The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You” … but worse, for the likes of Mitt Romney, it’s not just Texas… but the whole of the US of A. that is taking a good, …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Whether you like it or not, the song to learn is John Sinclair’s 1903 favorite, “The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You” … but worse, for the likes of Mitt Romney, it’s not just Texas… but the whole of the US of A. that is taking a good, …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant This is a story of pathos, sadness, tragedy, of lives cut short too soon. But most of all it is the story of everyday people, your neighbors, friends and colleagues, who, without warning or preparation , became heroes. It is a story that makes me proud to be an American… and …