It seems like everyone in Chicago has a story about the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week at the age of 84. Here's mine. I was a young reporter when I first talked to him, working the weekend and holiday shifts, which meant I often covered some of the bleakest stories in the newspaper. ...

I’ve always been partial to figure skating in the Winter Olympics. It’s probably the only Winter Olympics sport (well, aside from hockey) that I really care about knowing who won. A lot of that has to do with my mom. She watched figure skating when I was a kid and I ended up watching ...

When NBC affiliates in Tennessee showed the movie "Necessary Roughness" in 1994, those affiliates were required to give a Democrat Senate candidate 4 minutes and 13 seconds of free airtime. The Democrat was running against Fred Thompson, the actor turned Republican Senate candidate. When ...

The other day, I caught the BEST news story. Did you know that in England there is a group called "The Tuneless Choir?" Founded by Nadine Cooper in 2016, this is a choir specifically for people who have been told that they can’t sing. The tone deaf are welcome. Everyone is welcome! There is ...

America is tired. Not tired of debate. Not tired of conviction. Americans can handle disagreement. What they are weary of is perpetual combat. They are weary of the temperature always being set at boiling. They are weary of economic anxiety, cultural distrust and political trench warfare that ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that stood out not for its bombast but for its clarity. In a room filled with political figures from across the Atlantic — and from both parties at home — Rubio was unmistakably the adult in the ...