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Writer Carol Felsenthal specializes in profiling public figures. She has penned intimate portraits of Rod Blagojevich, Michelle Obama, Bill Daley and Dan Rostenkowski for Chicago magazine, where she writes the "Felsenthal Files."

Ah, it's that time of the year! You know the snow is coming when you see general assignment reporters strewn about local overspasses with new parkas and Burberry hats.The local media must know that snow is a ratings spike.

A week or so ago, I wrote about a break-in at my home — along with my epic quest for an electric pencil sharpener for my son's Chanukah gift.Last week at The Interview Show, I told the story, in slightly altered form.(Note: I may have sweared once.) 

There is a new Walgreens downtown, and your local Chicago media has got it covered!

On today's Global Notes, Jerome and Eight Forty-Eight and Radio M host Tony Sarabia listen to what happens when music and politics intersect.This collision is familiar all over the world.

Steve Sondheim once said to me at a party, “I’m always surprised at what a good living I make out of theater, considering that I’ve never had a really big hit.” This is true; I’ve waited years to start a story with those words.Firmly believing he was being disingenuous, I ran through the list of his