Gift idea.

Slippers! AND: Hat. AND: The Official Althouse Gloves (for when it's not that cold).

"Michelle Obama remained true to her patriotic fashion theme today in a dazzling white top and skirt for this evening's events in London."

So begins the Daily Mail: The U.S. First Lady, who has stuck to a palette of red, white and blue since she arrived in the city this morning,...

"15 Genuinely Interesting Things About Rob Portman."

Hey, that stuff really is interesting. And let me add #16: 16. Meade once ran into him on a biking trail, and he was doing something with so...

Mitten-gate.

Michigan insists it's the state that looks like a mitten. Miffed at Wisconsin's horning in on the mitten iconography.

Robert Downey Jr. is Mr. Peanut.

Great! I've always loved Robert Downey Jr. and Mr. Peanut: But why is the nutcracker named "Richard"? Background on Mr. Pean...