While living in Illinois in the early 1830's, Abraham Lincoln and his business partner, William Berry, owned a general store. ...

"In one pocket I carried quinine, in the other, morphine, and whiskey in my canteen,'' Dr. Nathan Mayer wrot...

As Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated, please tell me you've seen the cover of Life Magazine from March 26th, 1965 - it'...

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My favorite books of all time?  That compilation changes faster than New York Times Bestsellers, but there are always a few constants, a fe...

Frank Bascombe, from Richard Ford's prize winning trilogy ( The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land ), is back in a...

It's the last day in our quick Chicago trip - Tuesday, October 7th - and Karen is attending the second day of her conference.  Before...