Once a brash young political outsider dubbed “The Chosen One” for his rapid rise under Toni Preckwinkle, Christian Mitchell now returns to the spotlight as Gov. Pritzker’s running mate –battle-tested, bridge-building and still fiercely ambitious.

The wedding was nice and worth all the work to get everything set up for it. We couldn’t have done it alone. Many hands make light work.

Taking care of yourself is essential if you intend to take care of others as well. The modern world makes that harder than ever.

Yes, today my age rolls into a higher number. Oh boy. My Facebook page is heating up with friends and family wanting me to be happy.

We might not consider ourselves religious, or even spiritual, but if we live our lives with heart-centered values, we are living out our spirituality from the heart.

Lovina's “English” friend, Ruth, shares news of Verena and Daniel Ray's wedding day.

We had wandered into an oasis away from the steel and glass stalagmites, congestion of traffic and humanity, and major tourism beacons.

Congress must act now to make sure the nation’s next Postmaster General is not the last one.

More legislators than you may realize have received credible threats of violence or have been stalked. Most refuse to talk about it for the record, but those shootings showed what could’ve happened to them and what still may happen in the future.