I just finished reading Jodi Kantor’s The Obamas, and I think I’ve figured out why Michelle Obama is so steamed, why she groused to The Early Show’s Gayle King that she is tired of being portrayed as “some kind of angry black woman.” The First Lady recognizes that her husband will probably run against Mitt Romney, and thus, she herself will be stuck “running” against the warm, blonde, seemingly flawless Ann Romney... Read more
When auctioneer Leslie Hindman runs across clients with nice furniture that isn’t quite auction quality... Read more
The man who is recognized every year with a national holiday is a secular saint, but it wasn't always so. In Chicago, King battled not only a wily mayor but an unfriendly press and decades of history... but not a history that was well known. Read more
Wussed out on the Polar Bear Club’s annual New Year’s Day plunge into Lake Michigan? You can still prove your cold-water mettle this weekend, although you’ve got to go north to do so. Head for Michigan’s Lake Houghton, and you’ll find yourself in the chilly epicenter of one of the Midwest’s largest winter festivals... Read more