'Yes, we have no bananas.' At the farmers market, Cambridge, first fall Sunday, 2013. 'Our raspberries are delicious. Very delicious.. But we have no bananas today.'

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. Queen Mary of England and all the dominions beyond the seas, wife of that most stolid of sovereigns, King George V, was always accounted the most prim and proper of qu...

All Hallow's Eve, October 31, 2012 with II Commendatore, the headless body of Ichabod Crane, still hopeful pathetic Linus van Pelt, and a Great Pumpkin you will never see and one you will. You're invited... formal dress and all decorations to be worn...

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's program note. Leave it to Mozart, thrilling Mozart, sublime Mozart to produce the most evocative music for the multi-aspect event we call Halloween. It is, of course, from "Don Giovann...

Trick or Treat. Halloween in the great American heartland, way too much candy, costumes from Woolworth's, and ghouls from the best families...

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's program note. It seems to me that far too little attention has been directed to the creation of music suitable for Halloween. You can think of classic tunes for Christmas, Thanksgiving, ...

The next great economic disruption is coming. Are you ready for it?

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant This title is sure to startle people who follow the ups and downs of the economy with care and perception. "Economic disruption," they might say. "Whaaat? It is my distinct impression that things...

How to keep Christmas well in your heart throughout the year

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant "and it was always said of Ebenezer Scrooge, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim ob...

On the getting and giving of Christmas presents.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's program note. I started and just about finished my Christmas shopping last night, December 14. That is the anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria's much loved husband Prince Albert....

'We're starting up a brand new day... I'm thinking in a brand new way.' New Year's Eve. 2012. Unbidden thoughts.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. All of a sudden there was a bone-chilling gust of frigid air right off the punishing Atlantic filling the night... it was the kind of gust we here in Cambridge call the M...

Solidarity with Arianna Huffington and her timely views on user generated content and online 'trolls', the people who use anonymous comments to denigrate, destroy, defame and demoralize. Stand up and be counted as we make the Internet a far, far better place.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. Over the course of the last three years, I have written over 1000 articles of what I call "cultural commentary," that is on any subject relating to mankind, our acts, ...

'And I shall never more, ever, dance with my father again.' Of Christina Taylor Green, born 9/11/2001, murdered January 8, 2011.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's note: This is an article of pain, remembrance, great grief, lost expectations, and, always, of a vibrant 9 year-old girl named Christina Taylor Green, randomly murdered in Tucson, Arizon...

For the lonely at the holidays.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. There are about forty days between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, depending on just when the first holiday falls... and for millions these can be the most painful days ...

Uncle Love. Thoughts on that much underutilized and insufficiently regarded person, your Uncle. Immediate action required.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's program note. I am writing this article to launch an international movement in favor of uncles, good people, solid, loyal, lovable and (as in my case) quite good looking, too. But for ...

'Til death do us part.' Maybe. The strange menage of JoAnn Nichols and her exacting husband James.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. Being that I am a well-known commentator of many years standing, folks are constantly bringing "must" story ideas to my attention. But just how this tale came about is, in...

Of the nation's heat wave and how we kept cool in years gone by. A story of high summer. July, 2011.

By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author's program note. When one is sweltering in the immensity of unbearable summer, one does (as you well know) what one can to cool off, and promptly, too. Music helps... especially if it's as ...

You oughta be in pictures... and with the help of this article, you will be, beautiful.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. I was doing one of those thankless tasks that is the result of affluence and impulse buying, namely too many DVDs and VCRs, the result being that my bedroom is overflowing...

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author's program note. She made the request as if she thought I might deny it, as if I might deem it inappropriate for a business website. However, if she thought this, she didn't think it for l...

A sapient CEO addresses the office tantrum, pro and con, more con, calling on that pint-sized Samaritan Justin Bieber for support, yeah Justin Bieber.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant . Author's program note. This article was inspired by a dear friend of mine I'll call Doyle, leaving you to figure out whether that is his real name, or not. Yesterday he threw a rip snorter of a...

Delicious new developments in the riveting matter of 'Dr' Bogus Berlowicz as finger pointing escalates at the abashed American Academy of Arts and Sciences. And don't we love it?

Author's program note. Funny how memory works. I hadn't thought of this incident for years... it concerned one of my grandfather's construction projects. He had to eject a nest of rats and so took the simple expedient of...

10,000 (Wo)men of Harvard. Oprah Winfrey at Commencement, May 30, 2013 and I am proud to be there for

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 ...

10,000 (Wo)men of Harvard. Oprah Winfrey at Commencement, May 30, 2013 and I am proud to be there for

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 ...

Of me I sing. 4 things you really wanted to know about the Baby Boomers.... but were too polite to ask!

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Peggy Lee sang an insinuating song in Disney's "Lady and the tramp" that pretty much summarizes how we Baby Boomers feel about ourselves -- and those who are not ourselves. (Released in June, 19...