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About Professor Grant D. Smith, his computer, his dark secret, and the indiscretion that brought down the obloquy of the world and changed his well-ordered life forever.

December 7, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Archive

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. In 1978 a stunning young girl, just 12 years old, astonished the world by her beauty, talent… and most of all her deep understanding of one of the few things we humans do which is still regarded as heinous, a sin, abhorrent, disgusting, loathsome, reprehensible, incomprehensible. The girl …

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‘Fight for her honor’. The fall of JoePa, the humiliation of Penn State.

November 12, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Archive

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. Today is Saturday, November 12, 2011. And Americans with well-worn pennants and blissful memories of picture perfect days like this when they were young and gleeful will today gather at gridirons around the nation… there to participate in the great rite of football. If they are lucky, alma …

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What the Herman Cain scandal is really all about… and why it’s bad news for the GOP.

November 10, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Archive

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I’m Illinois-born and bred, and that’s why I’m tickled pink by the latest developments in the political education of pizza man Herman Cain. I mean, we loyal Illini were beginning to pine for another good scandal. We haven’t had one, you see, since ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted …

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Rupert Murdoch’s free fall, your opportunity to watch a master as he fights to save the world’s greatest communication empire.

July 15, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Archive

By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Rupert Murdoch only wanted one thing out of life… and that thing was… you. Palaces… fine cars.. every good thing in life, those items he could have had, but those dazzling prizes bored him. But you and your mind never palled or lost their interest. He craved you… wanted you… and …

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‘… everyone would be in love with me.’ Why every member of the Congress of the United States is watching what happens to Rep. Anthony Weiner.

June 8, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Archive

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. In 1965, an obscure meat company called Oscar Mayer needed something to boost sales, which were going nowhere fast. The owner wanted results and he needed them yesterday. A jingle would help… but these guys were music schleppers… Tin Pan Alley they weren’t. But they kept at it …

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The most stupid man in Washington, D.C. learns the power of the ‘net.. The abbreviated scandal and career of U.S. Representative Chris Lee, America’s laughingstock.

February 11, 2011 | Author: | Posted in Dr. Jeffrey Lant’s Article Archive

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant What is it about the treacherous atmosphere of Washington, D.C. that causes our elected representatives and any number of senior officials to act as if they were invulnerable and to (mis) behave accordingly? Inquiring minds want to know! What happens in this atmosphere to once decent, law-abiding people who unhesitatingly trade …

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