The Afternoon Joan Fontaine Told Me to Get a Manicure By Carol Felsenthal The author recalls how her worst interview, out of a career of thousands, was conducted with the late actress in a limo to O'Hare. Read more
Winnetka’s Donald Rumsfeld—If You're Interested In Who He Really Is, Read This Book By Carol Felsenthal Peter Baker's "Days of Fire" is one of the finest portraits of any presidency, and a revealing take on the New Trier grad. Read more
Bill Ayers Talks Obama, Nelson Mandela, and Toni Preckwinkle By Carol Felsenthal He loves Cook County's president, isn't disappointed in POTUS, and would be happy to be a Supreme Court justice. Read more
Anita Blanchard, For No Clear Reason, Joins the Committee for the Preservation of the White House By Carol Felsenthal But surely there’s a post in D.C. for the family friend who delivered the President's daughters. Read more
Jonathan Alter on the Making of Alpha House By Carol Felsenthal The star-studded political comedy, by the Chicago-born reporter and the Doonesbury artist Garry Trudeau, is Amazon's big entry into original streaming video content. Read more
Lara Logan's Mistake on '60 Minutes' Is Not a Big Surprise By Carol Felsenthal A speech from October 2012 shows the kind of thinking that led to Logan's error. Read more
Bruce Rauner Is Karen Lewis's Worst Nightmare By Carol Felsenthal "There is nothing worse than a combination of arrogance and ignorance—combined with a healthy dose of money." Read more
Secrets of the Chicago Guys in Obama's Dysfunctional Cabinet By Carol Felsenthal A look inside "the worst job in Barack Obama's Washington" Read more
'Double Down' Dishes on Rahm, Daley, and More Chicagoans in the White House By Carol Felsenthal How the mayor, the ex-mayor's brother, the First Lady, and others got along (or didn't) behind the scenes. Read more
Obama Should Have Listened to the Emanuel Brothers About Obamacare By Carol Felsenthal Rahm pushed the president to delay health care reform; Ezekiel warned the White House couldn't handle the implementation. Read more
