Michelle Obama does not know how to kiss up to people in Wisconsin.

Yesterday in Racine, she began with : "For the next 16 days, coming here to Racine is the closest thing I'm going to get to being a...

Michelle Obama's DNC speech made us think about her speech pleading for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.

As in her speech last night, there's a misplaced emotionality that's too much about her family's personal need for gratification...

"What I think is funny is that if you have the same view on gay marriage that Obama had when he was elected, now you’re an enemy of humanity or something."

"It’s some sort of, I don’t know, Liberal Fascism or something...." — says Instapundit , aptly, re Chick-Fil-A and Chicago. And h...

Should Wisconsin embrace the Chicago-Milwaukee megacity?

Or should it compete with Chicago, luring Chicago businesses to relocate here? The ["Milwaukee's Future in the Chicago Mega City...

"By pushing through the higher requirement for strike authorization — and adding some combative rhetoric," Rahm Emanuel "energized the Chicago Teachers Union and strengthened them."

"We’ve all wondered how you would pay for a longer school day. But a surprise to me was the fact finder coming out for huge raises....

"Cop Arrests NBC Reporters, Says Your First Amendment Right Can Be Terminated."

"What’s his name? The police officer’s name should be reported. If I ran a media operation, anytime someone laid hands on one of my rep...

"Chicago distances Obama from Wisconsin recall."

Chicago? Chicago = the Obama campaign. Isn't that weird? Anyway, Chicago wants you to know that the Walker recall business has got noth...

"Why Wrigley Field Must Be Destroyed."

It's the only way for the Cubs to become a winning team. What's so bad about Wrigley? 1. The park is schizo. .... It looks like a h...

Why aren't we all talking about the "secret plan to evacuate some residents of Chicago in the event of major trouble during the NATO summit next month"?

3 days ago CBS 2 reported on an e-mail that the Red Cross sent out to volunteers in the Milwaukee area: It said the NATO summit “may create ...

The Democrats' War on Women in Wisconsin.

I know Wisconsin is so last Tuesday for a lot of you, but seriously, the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker is a lot more significant than t...

80-year-old man arrested after shooting a 19-year-old home intruder.

Key word: "after." Homer Wright was arrested because as a convicted felon, he is barred from owning a gun. Darryl Smith, 42, a se...

"Mic Check" jackassery disrupting a speech by Governor Scott Walker.

Here's the report in the Chicago Tribune: The Republican governor, who appeared before about 300 people at a public policy breakfast at ...

Justice Scalia defines "pizza."

"I do indeed like so-called 'deep dish pizza.' It's very tasty... But it should not be called pizza. It should be called a ...

"Before he started making movies, Stanley Kubrick was a star photojournalist."

"In the summer of 1949, Look magazine sent him to Chicago to shoot pictures for a story called 'Chicago City of Contrasts.'...

"I miss nothing more than just driving right along Lake Shore Drive. I would love to hop in a convertible right now."

Obama's lament. (One hopes Michelle, who's been vacationing, conspicuously, without him, doesn't take that the wrong way.)

The last day of the year and the decade is here at last.

It's been a rough decade at the national and international level, but at a personal level, I've really enjoyed it, especially this c...

"Why would anybody stay in Chicago? It's freezing here, and I have a mansion in Montecito..."

Wow. Hasn't Chicago been kicked around enough? First, the Olympics snub, and now Oprah . There's one more obvious O that could kick ...

Althouse meets Skeptoid, on the new Bloggingheads.

I love the Skeptoid podcast , and it was a big thrill to talk to Brian Dunning . Topics: Lost cosmonauts and shortwave-radio spies (04:01) W...

Curved and straight.

L.A.: Chicago:

The Chicago Picasso.

With dancers. (Info on the sculpture in Daley Plaza: here . Enlargement of the photo: here .)