Patrick Kampert

He has been gone for nearly a century, but Mark Twain still has much to offer modern readers, even the self-help variety, because the human condition has not changed a...

Most doctors don't carry black bags anymore. But Chicago doctor Anne Scheetz (left), who makes house calls, is an exception. "It is black and it is a bag," she said....

Beth Kephart writes that she and her husband have heard dire warnings from their peers about the way they are raising their son. You're not pushing him enough, they say;...

Vietnam veterans may be divided over John Kerry and George W. Bush, but one thing they agree on is that Kate Pantorilla is doing a heck of a job supporting...

As the founder and CEO of a financial-planning firm, Jerry Foster might be expected to write a book about 401(k) plans or climbing the corporate ladder. Instead, the Christian-themed "lifeFocus:...

Looking good, Bill! That was the sentiment of many people who saw a slimmed-down Bill Clinton in the months before his surprising bypass surgery. So what went wrong? Local experts...

As the best golfers in the world tee it up and hit mammoth drives today in the PGA Championship in Kohler, Wis., someone who should know has a message for...

Any help in calming a jittery populace is welcome in an age of brightly colored terror alerts. In the new book "Staying Safe: The Complete Guide to Protecting Yourself, Your...

For years, pop psychologists have used birth order as a catch-all response to questions about family dynamics and personalities. But "The Pecking Order" (Pantheon, $24), by New York sociologist Dalton...

It is a Father's Day gift to make everything from Rogaine to Levitra seem superfluous. A gift that makes pudgy men see themselves as two belt sizes smaller, balding or...