by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. Oh, my, she was angry, angry to the point of bursting, to the point of indiscretion, even scandal. And so she let fly a cascade of hot words, each one hotter and less controlled than the last. It was a bravura performance… a rip snorter of a complaint …
Author’s program note. I knew I would go to Harvard Commencement this year after I read a disconcerting article in The Boston Globe some months ago. It cited the opposition of certain alumni to having Miss Oprah Winfrey as this year’s principal speaker and honorary degree recipient, Harvard’s chief honor. Their argument went something like …
Author’s program note. It is 5:35 a.m. here in Cambridge and the day threatens to be gray, overcast and wet (at least so far), not up to the radiant holiday standard we’re used to on a plu-perfect springtime day. But the scene outside my window is evocative and even solemn, the light filtered, the …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. On February 7, 1839 one of the greatest of senators, Henry Clay of Kentucky, gave one of his most important of speeches… and in the process he handed his numerous detractors just what they needed to ridicule him for the rest of his life. (1777-1852) His remarks …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Right from the start we were different, special, the apple of everyone’s eye. We were the Baby Boomers, by far the most important of people, examined, studied, displayed, coddled. Census takers wanted to count us. Researchers wanted to study us. Photographers wanted to take our pictures — and …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. This story began a long, long time ago. Week-days sixty years ago and then some, my father used to take the Burlington Northern Railroad into Chicago. There was a ritual to his commute. My mother, particularly in winter and on the many inclement days which distinguish Illinois weather, …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. We Americans are at our best when we have identified a pressing problem, then set about the task of solving it, no matter how difficult. Right now, the problem is terrorism… what it is, how it works, the people who perpetrate the outrages… and what we as a …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. I was restless the evening of April 18 and so did what I almost never do, turning on the television for some light entertainment. This, however, was not destined to take place. Indeed, there was to be nothing light and no mirth at all for that day and …
Wallace Johnson turned 88 today (Thursday April 18th, 2013). We’re having a party for him! We are celebrating this great man and his special day and we would like YOU to join us! Many of you know Wallace as one of our most dedicated Worldprofit Monitors, for others he may be your Sponsor. To all …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. This is what she said. This is what the Iron Lady said on January 31, 1976: “Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my red chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved… the Iron Lady of the Western World. Me?” …