You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.

First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.

Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.

On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses.