by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. In 1960 one of the loveliest musicals ever written hit the Big Apple and made history. It was “The Fantasticks” with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play “The Romancers” by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighborhood …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Quick! What do you know about the great Magyar nation of Hungary, a key element in the European equation for two thousand years? Exactly. Unless you are Hungarian yourself, you know little, if anything, about the matter… and that’s why you, if you had the chance, would have …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note: I am amongst the most vociferous critics of excessive government spending and waste, but today I am proud of the overdue restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a key part of what makes the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. such a serene and pleasing place, an absolutely …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. On February 3,1960 my distant cousin and British Prime Minister the Right Honorable Harold Macmillan delivered to the Parliament of South Africa a speech that changed not merely Africa but the entire world. It came to be called the “Winds of Change” speech thanks to a (generally misquoted) …
George Kosch, Bootcamp Instuctor started the Aug 31, 2012 Home Business Training promptly at 10 AM CT (must be that military training and discipline). George demonstrated the new FREE Software available at NO COST to ALL SILVER and PLATINUM VIP MEMBERS! It’s called the VIDEO ARTICLE MAKER: Unleash Your Video Marketing Efforts to a NEW …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. It was once commonly remarked that an apple a day kept the doctor away. Nowadays arduous Medicare regulations perform the same task with distressing results for the body politic. With this observation, I therefore pledge myself to the tried ways and true, though I am not averse to …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Readers, as someone with millions of readers worldwide I receive a good many comments and responses, some silly, some insightful, some profound. Today’s article is a response to a letter I just received from “Timmy” in Orleans, Massachusetts…. He has taken pen to paper (actually fingers to keyboard) to write …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Do you remember where you were July 20, 1969? It was one of the iconic dates in the history of our species. Like virtually everyone in the United States and world I was glued to the television, in my case in San Francisco. I was mesmerized by an …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Did you see Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl” in 1968? Then you saw (and heard) a woman absolutely determined to shape her destiny, rise above, seize the moment… And when she jumps on the tugboat and serenades New York and the world, Statue of Liberty rooting her on, …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant One of the major forces in world history from the time of the French Revolution of 1789 was the inception, development and ultimate triumph of the principle of Nationalism, that is the right of people everywhere to govern themselves. It was a stunning abnegation of the political rules and verities that …