Patrick Kampert

Radio Silence: 14 months ago, GARRY MEIER left the airwaves in a contract dispute. He says he's happy with his decision and is planning his return. But has his time...

Sometimes it seems as though self-centeredness is becoming an epidemic, but counselor Les Carter offers a mostly refreshing tonic for the times in "Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me"...

Time is in short supply around the holidays, so many people tend to be more exhausted hunters than energetic gatherers when December rolls around. But if you get out away...

If someone is shifty-eyed or is looking down and to the left while he's talking to you, he's lying, right? Wrong, says former military interrogator Gregory Hartley. In "How to...

At an age when a lot of guys their age are content to work out their thumbs with a remote, captain Bob Zumph and his team from the River Trails...

I tend to see a red flag--or two, or three--on any book that comes with a foreword by "Dr. Phil" McGraw. But Libby Gill's "Traveling Hopefully: How to Lose Your...

Phil Miglioratti's last service as interim pastor of Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago was wrapping up. He'd been touched by tributes from people who said he'd made a difference in...

John Smith wanted his good deed to be as anonymous as his name, but it hasn't worked out that way. Smith, president of Smith Engineering Consultants in McHenry, was in...

Aspiring authors think writing is hard work. And they're right. But published authors know that the work is far, far from over when a manuscript is finished. "Putting Your Passion...

The most elaborate balloon sculpture that Dean Davis ever made was a full-size wheelchair for an "over-the-hill" birthday party. "It took me two days to do it," the 34-year-old Glendale...