by Dr. Jeffrey Lant It is Saturday, January 7, 2012 as I write. The nation’s air waves and print publications are filled with stories about Republicans. About today’s flash-in-the-pan former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum… about the Boston Globe endorsing former Utah governor and U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman over Boston’s not-so-favorite son former Massachusetts …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. 2012 ought to be a big Republican year, not least because President Obama is perceived by almost no one as the leader we need. A good man, yes; up to the job… no way. But Obama, with all his baggage, remains, in my humble opinion, the likely winner, …
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 Author’s program note. Before you read this article, go to any search engine and find Peter Finch’s celebrated “Mad as Hell” speech from the 1976 film “Network.” I know exactly how Howard Beale, the character he plays, felt. Disgusted! Infuriated! Past mere anger! A nuclear melt-down gone beyond all these… His …