BIG BUSINESS A FAIR-WEATHER FAN OF FREE MARKETS
Free markets are best ... as long as they work for me. How's that for the new motto of American business? It would look good engraved in Latin around the...
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NO MERCY IN PROFIT CRUSADE; IT’S MORTAL COMBAT
It's getting to be United Way season-time to write a fat check or renew a payroll deduction to the Crusade of Mercy. I wrote a column last year boosting the...
INCOME GAP AS AMERICAN AS THE BASEBALL STRIKE
Ah, sweet Labor Day. In normal times the weekend marks the end of summer's heat, the beginning of baseball's pennant stretch and a chance to revel in the promise of...
FOR MIDDLE-AGE WORKERS, A SCARY, NON-LINEAR STORY
Letters, we get letters, but not many as provocative as this one from George Kaforski of Plano, Ill., whose sad tale ought to hit home with you 40- and 50-somethings...
HOLY BRAZORIA! LIVABILITY LIST’S A CRIME IN ITSELF
Sell your house, stop the mail, pack your bags and head on out to Brazoria, Texas, one of the most livable cities in America. Or you might consider Provo, Utah;...
SOME OF THESE FOLKS MUST BE HALLUCINATING
One thing about writing a newspaper column is that you can put your own slant on reality. Slant reality? Don't be shocked. Everybody has his or her own take on...
A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROGRAM THAT `WORKS FOR US’
A self-described conservative, George Wendt is a small-company president with no love for taxes, red tape, the family-leave law or a proposed health-insurance mandate. So why has he become a...
THE PARTY OF BUSINESS TELLS SOME BLUE CHIPS TO GET LOST
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Westinghouse, Xerox, Sara Lee, Caterpillar, United Airlines. The titans of American industry are doing their best to influence Congress now that debate over health-care reform heads...
WHAT LEGISLATURE GIVES, LEGISLATURE CAN TAKE AWAY
It's that time of year again, the dog days after the 4th of July when half the state goes on vacation and the other half stays behind to figure out...
CHICAGO WINS A SPOT IN TOURISM LINEUP
The dollar has fallen like a rock, and Chicago's reputation as an international must-see has risen like a hot-air balloon. This coincidence will not last forever, so we had better...