Category Archives: Life

‘… 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.

Posted on June 8, 2011 by admin

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 … Continue reading →

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Of champions, with particular reference to Theodore Roosevelt’s great speech ‘The man in the arena’, April 23, 1910, the Sorbonne, Paris.

Posted on January 13, 2011 by admin

  by Dr. Jeffrey Lant   I had been expecting this call for some time. I knew that she was working hard, too hard. She was distressed, distraught, unhappy…. wondering if her extraordinary efforts were appreciated, wondering in fact whether … Continue reading →

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January 12. The first nor’easter of 2011. Thoughts from within nature’s wallop.

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant I am writing to you today from inside one of nature’s bona fide wonders: a good old New England nor’easter. I hadn’t planned to comment on this blizzard; I tend to ignore them whenever possible. New … Continue reading →

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How many times can a man turn his head…? Tucson, Arizona and the murderous events of January 8, 2011

Posted on January 10, 2011 by admin

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant It was just an ordinary day at the La Toscana Village Safeway store on West Ina Road except that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) with  her mega-watt smile had dropped by to do a “Congress on … Continue reading →

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Ted Williams, his golden voice, and the cost of second chances.

Posted on January 8, 2011 by admin

Dr. Jeffrey Lant discusses the feel-good story of 2011, Ted Williams, the once homeless man given a second chance. Continue reading →

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