After the economic debacle so many banks contributed to in the last few years, one may wonder whether they deserve any good words at all, much less a stellar recommendation. Most don’t, but Lewis H. Clark and the bank he helped create, certainly do. For here the virtues of old-style community banks are revered, practised, …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant It wasn’t supposed to end this way. John and Elizabeth Edwards had a plan…. and were entirely, happily focused on its achievement. Having failed to achieve the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 (which didn’t worry this effervescent pair one whit), their task was clear: persuade Massachusetts senator Democratic presidential nominee John …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant How often do you complain about poor service? About businesses that seem to specialize in gratuitous irritants and mind-boggling ineptitude in the care and feeding of worthy customers… like you! Such commentary in our rude days is voluminous, constant, and largely pointless. After all, what is to be done with what …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Ok, it’s time you acknowledged that inconvenient truth you’ve buried for so long. In high school, in college you were not the most popular kid on the block. And it hurt. That acne! That hideous hair! Those clothes! Yikes! And the nickname! (One of my room mates was called “The Worm” …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant To be blunt, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) is making a fool of himself around the issue of gays in the military. His comments before the Senate Armed Services Committee the last few days have been an embarrassment, to himself and to the nation. In brief, his argument goes like this: “We …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant “and it was always said of Ebenezer Scrooge, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!” The words, of course, are from …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant As protests go, it was short and undeniably sweet: a man ran up the central aisle of Brussels’ main cathedral and shoved a cherry pie in the face of Archbishop Andre Leonard, a man seemingly tailor-made by history and Catholicism to roil and divide. Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Leonard’s …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant It’s time to call a spade a spade. We are members of the most communications savvy and personally wired generation ever. Even the tiniest mite has her cell phone with camera. Yet the truth is, the explosion of communications tools has produced less real communication than ever; you and your poor …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant The engagement of Prince William of Wales and the comely commoner Kate Middleton has caused a long simmering question to flare up again. Will Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, stand down in favor of the lovely couple? Those who advocate such an unprecedented event base their case on the following points: …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant After 8 years of dating, canoodling, breaking up, making up, breaking up the on-again-off-again relationship of Prince William of Wales and long tressed Kate is officially on. The airwaves of the planet dutiful report the expected congratulations. Her Majesty and Prince Philip are “absolutely delighted for them both”. Prince Charles is …