Mack's

Haley Barbour (R) to a half-empty ballroom, in a speech focused entirely on Venezuelan leader (or, in Mack's words, "thugocrat") Hugo Chavez.

CPAC 2011: The Conservative Political Action Conference (Live Coverage, Day Three) Chris Cillizza 2011

Haley Barbour (R) to a half-empty ballroom, in a speech focused entirely on Venezuelan leader (or, in Mack's words, "thugocrat") Hugo Chavez.

The Fix: Haley Barbour steers clear of foreign policy Chris Cillizza 2011

Ms. Mack's anecdotes and opinions are based on personal observation.

First Lady, First-Hand Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Mack's selection should be good news for Jamal Lewis and whoever's under center in Cleveland in 2009.

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Ms. Mack's tour seamlessly intermingles personal reminiscence and American history.

First Lady, First-Hand Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

"I'm not in favor of ruining people's homes" in the Floodway, said Lisa Tolbert, the executive director of a local mental-health facility, while lunching at Mack's restaurant, one of the few places still open in town.

Deadly Storms Hit South Joe Barrett 2011

Dick Mack's is barely a leather-work workshop nowadays, though the tools, cutting board and bits and pieces are still there, but it is the best place for wildly creative talk about local myths, Fungi the dolphin, the time that Ryan's Daughter was filmed on the peninsula and the state of the world.

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Mack's "ranch by the beach" interprets comfort, warmth, and a sense of security.

Alla Kazovsky: Seeing It in a Different Light Alla Kazovsky 2011

You can try a few out via the links at Mack's post.

Weblogs Maxine 2009

Ms. Mack first met Eleanor Roosevelt, who died in 1962, in the late 1940s at an NAACP meeting, and again in 1951 when the former first lady, civil-rights advocate and United Nations delegate was awarded an honorary degree from Bard College the same year that Ms. Mack's husband, Theodore, received his degree from Bard.

First Lady, First-Hand Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011