William Neikirk

Before he died, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns testified before Congress and said that as hard as the government might try, ''It cannot repeal the business cycle.'' You...

One day last week, I had a remarkable conversation with a prominent Chicago business leader who said that the economy is too burdened with debt and that a day of...

Look out, America, Dick Darman is on the loose. Many of you have never heard of Darman-a fact that he regrets and is assiduously trying to change. Darman wants to...

Jason and Freddy Kruger are better known to American youth than such historical figures as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington or even Dwight Eisenhower, according to another of those attitudinal surveys...

Deep, dark suspicions occurring in the middle of the night: - The way airline mergers are going, the cheap fares of the 1980s will soon be a thing of the...

Twenty years ago, I trembled as a dangerous storm called Camille churned in the Gulf of Mexico directly toward me and my family in Baton Rouge, La. We taped the...

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high. There`s a land that I heard of, Once in a lullaby. -From the ''Wizard of Oz,'' as sung by Judy Garland. Suddenly George...

Life as a soybean is hard. Everybody wants to put a price on my head. There`s a building in the Chicago Loop called the Board of Trade, where people stand...

My cat is getting old, slow afoot and a bit too thin. He`s not eating right and sleeps too much. A new, aggressive cat has moved into the neighborhood to...

Vigilantes, on the alert! There are flag burners on the loose during this holiday weekend, and something must be done to deflect them, now that the Supreme Court has declared...