China's Legal Lion
It is one of the iconic images of the 20th century: President Richard Nixon steps off a plane in Beijing and shakes hands with China's Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in 1972, ending decades of hostility and signaling the beginning of a U.S. rapprochement with China. But less known is the role that Jerome A. Cohen, a China law scholar, played in this diplomatic coup. Read more »

The Best Way to Keep the Devil at the Door Is to Be Rich
How do you take a group of committed political activists who don't have a shred of interest or experience in building a business and create a thriving for-profit enterprise--without losing the values that brought everyone together in the first place? Read more »

Jobs for Life
"So what are you doing for the next five years?" Deborah Holmes laughed off Philip Laskawy's question. The chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young LLP couldn't be offering her a job. Read more »

A Leader's Journey
Paul Wieand looked at the letter of resignation he was about to sign, but the words weren't registering. How could they fire me? Read more »

The Bittersweet Road to Home Sweet Home
The real estate broker glanced nervously at her watch. ''Remember, you've only got until 5,'' she said. Read more »

Guess Who Didn't Save For College
THE REV. PATRICK FIORE knew that sending his two children to college would be expensive. A senior pastor at the Christian Life Center, an Assemblies of God church in West Milford, N.J., Mr. Fiore had read articles that suggested socking away $200 or more a month into a college fund. Read more »