For my birthday recently a friend from work gave me, as a joke—at least I think it was a joke (I mean, I’m not really that kind of girl), a copy of the National Enquirer. The cover story was “John Edwards caught cheating again!” Also on the cover, in smaller type, was a teaser about a follow-up...

My 14-year-old daughter Hannah and my husband Gary went to the Chicago auditions for America’s Got Talent this past weekend. I was there with them for the first three hours of their 10-hour wait to sing for 90 seconds for two unknown judges and a cameraperson. And they had quite a day…meeting Elvis...