Mike Conklin

"And what does it look like from the Odyssey cruise ship, Bob Roberts? (Long, static-filled pause.) Hello, Bob Roberts! Come in, Bob. Bob, are you there?" Mother Nature undoubtedly won...

Q. Bands and orchestras play the "1812 Overture" to celebrate the 4th of July. What does it have to do with our Independence Day? Wasn't it written by a Russian...

The last cocoon has opened. Amid flashes of brilliant color and the flutter of delicate wings, the Brookfield Zoo has taken the wraps off its summer-long tribute to that aerial...

MORNING Start with exercise: Jog with friendly, eclectic fellow Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Running Club members who, for nearly 25 years, meet faithfully every Saturday at 8 a.m., no matter what...

It has been almost a year since Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered, was unveiled at the Field Museum of Natural History. But she's continuing to pay dividends...

NOT A DOCTOR BUT PLAYS ONE ON TV Returning from heart surgery, David Letterman brought his doctors and nurses onto the stage for a moving opening to his first show...

In the closing moments of "It's A Wonderful Life," Harry Bailey, just home from the war, arrives in time to toast his brother as "the richest man in town" --...

Now that you're either stuffed or about to be, here's a little light repast on this day of banquets, a serving of Thanksgiving trivia that touches on everything from the...

The city's two oldest museums, the Chicago Academy of Sciences and the Chicago Historical Society, named new presidents for their institutions Wednesday, both hiring seasoned museum executives to lead them....

Viewers of the next presidential debate will weigh Al Gore's grasp of the facts against George W. Bush's easy charm and decide which is a bigger factor. But they also...