This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal April 25, 2009 by Robert A. Guth For all of us parents out there…we just never know what will happen, right? SEATTLE — Spend time with the family of Bill Gates, and eventually someone will mention the water incident. The future software mogul was a headstrong [...]

This interview originally appeared in the University of Chicago Magazine’s blog UChiBLOGo (http://uchiblogo.uchicago.edu). Here’s another option if you’ve got some time! In December 2007 Dan Pawson, JD’06, began a nine-game winning streak on Jeopardy! He returned in January to participate in the 2009 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, which aired in March. Although Pawson was happy [...]

It’s staggering how much there is to learn these days, isn’t it? Are you overwhelmed from working so hard to stay on top of everything you do? While trying to wrap your mind around what’s happening in the world and with technology? Personally I go from overwhelm to excitement from hour to hour. One of [...]

This article originally appeared in New Jersey News April 19,2009 By CARRIE STETLER There are some hidden benefits that adults and kids are reaping from this economic situation…. Last year, Dana Slomkowski fer ried her preschoolers to horseback riding lessons, gymnastics and dance class. On errands to the store, she routinely bought small toys. If [...]

This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal April 17,2009 By KELLY GREENE Ted English, age 62, a restaurant owner in Rapid City, S.D., had been thinking about changing careers, perhaps taking a job in travel or tourism. Last winter, a local community college opened a door. The school, Western Dakota Technical Institute, had [...]

This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal April 15,2009 By SUE SHELLENBARGER Lexie Oliver, 16, has been trying for weeks to get a summer job, to earn spending money and to feel productive. But the search has proven “really difficult,” says the Gainesville, Fla., high-school sophomore. After applying at numerous retailers and getting [...]

This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal April 9,2009 By Elizabeth Wurtzel The credit crisis has cost us a dozen years’ wealth in a matter of months. Anyone who toils in the legal-industrial complex — better known as Big Law — should be able to tell you how we got here. Corporate attorneys [...]