John McCarron

By all accounts the doctors of the American Medical Association had a knee-slappin' good time last month at their annual convention in Honolulu. And not just at those authentic Hawaiian...

It doesn't get much better than this. But don't stop changing, fellow business executives, or the world will pass you by as if you're standing still. That, in a nutshell,...

Newspaper profiles describe Alan Greenspan as having a big appetite for economic data. A favorite of the Federal Reserve chairman, it has been written, is the weekly summary of freight-car...

Bring on the pain. Let Chicago's public schools stay closed next fall. Let the buses stop running. Let Amtrak go out of business, along with the National Endowment for the...

Want your children to go into manufacturing? Probably not. My parents didn't. At least not Mom, and she was the boss. (Still is.) Even now I remember Kay's pained look...

It's hard to tell in what direction the new speaker of the House of Representatives is about to lead Congress and country. One thing's certain-we've all got some reading to...

It may be the best-kept secret in Chicago. Two weeks ago, when a lot of folks were preoccupied with Christmas shopping, da Bears and the Gingrich coronation, large portions of...

You mensch, you. You were smart, waiting until the first of the year to write a check to the baiduhai Holiday Fund. Let the sentimental givers get swept away...

This is a story for all those whose Christmases haven't quite measured up this year. Maybe you under-cooked the turkey, bought somebody a tie he already had or pushed your...

FROM: Mom and Dad TO: Our darling daughters Please excuse this impersonal note, but your mother and I wanted to thank the two of you for our $1,000 federal income-tax...