Author’s program note. I’d forgotten this song by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, but when I went in search of just the right tune, the right sound for this article there it was…. the perfect choice. It’s “That’s what friends are for”. It was introduced by that raspy voiced charmer with the emotive tug …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I have total recall of this matter. It was1966 and I was about to be a sophomore at alma mater… and my parents were worried… worried that I, their darling, their first-born son, was becoming a wonk… all work, no play, a very dull boy indeed. Sure, I …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. The sound was unmistakable. It was, quite literally, that harsh, grating noise made when steel of the most tenacious kind scrapes against unyielding concrete; that immutable thing that insists (to the outrage of your ears) it is here today, here tomorrow, here forever. And I cringed, snug abed …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant I am writing to you today from inside one ofnature’s bona fide wonders: a good old New Englandnor’easter. I hadn’t planned to comment on this blizzard; I tendto ignore them whenever possible. New Englanders are used to them. But I was awakened this morning by the snow insistentlythumping my window, demanding …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Millions of people worldwide are now familiar withthe first “feel good” story of the year. Here are thefacts. Ted Williams was one of a small army of panhandlers with aplum spot along a well-traveled Ohio highway. Youknow the type, camouflage jacket, scruffy to a degree,odoriferous. All these folks carry handwritten signs …
Business expert Dr. Jeffrey Lant provides down-to-earth advise for managing the stock market jitters effecting many in the current turbulent US economy.
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant The 112th Congress of these United States has convened,and for the first time since 1947 there will be no memberof the Kennedy family serving in either the White House,Senate, or House of Representatives. It is, verily, the end ofan era. As a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts and keenobserver of the clan, …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Let me introduce you to a cool dude, cute too, who knowshow to party and had the perfect place to do it. I’m talkingabout U.S. Navy Captain Owen Honors, only just relievedas commander of America’s only nuclear-powered aircraftcarrier, the proud USS Enterprise. Honors, who never met a camera he didn’t like, …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Computers have become omnipresent and as suchhave become the means of liberating people fromdistasteful traditional jobs and offering the prospectof remunerative home-based employment. Butworking at home can be difficult. There are numerous distractions at hand….pets, children, television — and the always temptingrefrigerator. Yes, it is easy to get distracted, lose focus, …
by Dr. Jeffrey LantHow do you plan to spend your retirement? Chasing little white balls with a stick? Over eating on cruise ships with trampolines? Rocking away the years on your front porch? Or, will you look deep into yourself and call forththe best that’s in you… and put it to work in acause that …