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by Dr. Jeffrey Lant



Every person reading this article; indeed, most every person on this planet has experienced the phenomenon of The Boss. This is the designated person within your organization who gives the orders and runs the show.



He or she is the person you talk about the most and… Continue

What a great history lesson ??and encourage you to post comments about what you liked about this article.



by Dr. Jeffrey Lant



Author’s program note. To get into the right frame of mind for this article, search any search engine for the music and lyrics to “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” (released 1965, music by Ron Goodwin). Prepare to be aroused as one of the great stories of our lives… Continue

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant



Author’s note. To get the most from this article, add the right music. Of course, it must be “When the red, red robin comes bob bob bobbin’ along.” Written by Harry Woods, it was sung in his inimitable way by Al Jolson in the 1926 musical “Don’t forget the doughnuts.” Use any search engine to find it along with a host of other renditions… all peppy, upbeat, quintessentially American.



This morning… just moments ago… the world smiled and became a better… Continue

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant



What do you do when you have a) stuff you don’t want anymore and when you need b) some extra cash? Why, you have a garage or lawn sale.



Such is also the fate of kings and celebrities. These folks have an unimaginable abundance of things and often a decided lack of the ready.



Like you, these mortals also die in due course; uninterested heirs take over, and they never liked Grannie the Queen’s china pattern; (though it was given by HRH your… Continue

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant



My Cambridge, Massachusetts neighborhood, where the soaring steeple of Harvard’s Memorial Church is so prominent, reminding us of the eternity to come, is today in mourning for a man of God, of grace, and an affability so distinctive it was his own special concoction, enjoyed by all. The Reverend Peter Gomes is dead at 68, February 28, 2011. Our world is a duller, less amiable place, his crucial support of pluralism, acceptance, and love bereft of a… Continue