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Lincoln, a man of his time for all time
The Swampby Frank James The Chicago Tribune, which endorsed Abraham Lincoln twice for the presidency, has a worthy appreciation today of the 16th president of the U.S. on its editorial page. It notes that Lincoln, like a lot of people, was......Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, National Government, White House, United States
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Beyond movies, a lesson in dying
Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was...
Tags: Apple MacBook Pro, Arts and Culture, Roger Ebert, Nelson Algren, Bill Kurtis
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Walk This Way! links readers to Lehigh Valley trails
It launched softly, almost silently, like the inaudible patter that Carl Sandburg called the fog that comes in on little cat feet. The Morning Call's "Walk This Way!" campaign, sponsored by Highmark, began more than two months ago as a way to...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Marketing, Road Running, Allentown, United Way
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Ebert showed how to die with grace
Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was running...Tags: Apple MacBook Pro, Arts and Culture, Nelson Algren, Roger Ebert, Bill Kurtis
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Our town was Wilder's town too
Chicago makes a claim on many writers — Nelson Algren, David Mamet, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg — even if those scribes spent only a portion of their lives within its sweet confines. But Thornton Wilder, the author of such iconic plays...Tags: Arts and Culture, Nelson Algren, Chris Jones, Art Institute of Chicago, Biography (genre)
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Mountain out of a molehill
WASHINGTON -- The poet Carl Sandburg supposedly was asked by a young playwright to attend a rehearsal. Sandburg did but fell asleep. The playwright exclaimed, "How could you sleep when you knew I wanted your opinion?" Sandburg replied, "Sleep is an...
Tags: Heritage Foundation, Eric Holder, National Government, Barack Obama, Elections
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A literary journey that started on the streets
Only one writer received a standing ovation at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards in Chicago on Wednesday night. It wasn't the marquee award-winners who brought the well-heeled crowd to its feet in the giant room at the UIC Forum. It wasn't Walter...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Missing Persons, NPR, Planned Parenthood, Chicago Public Library
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Poetic justice
A good anthology is like a dartboard in a crowded bar on a Saturday night. Everybody lines up to take their best shot. Everybody wants the chance to squint, aim and let fly. The more august and monumental and definitive-seeming the anthology —...Tags: Poetry, Arts and Culture, Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Symptoms
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You (Still) Can’t Say That on TV?
Off The MarkleyIt should come as no surprise that as a happy proponent of vulgarity, I don’t think there’s much point in TV, radio, newspapers and other media censoring language. Let’s focus on a specific case: the word to which my parents referred... -
Meat cutters of Kabul hack at carcasses and praise Obama
World NowThe late Illinois poet Carl Sandburg once called President Obama’s town, Chicago, the “hog butcher of the world.” Here in Kabul, the former Midwest capital of slaughterhouses has a kindred spirit in Butcher Street, a small road lined... -
Orland Youth Association provides sports leagues for local youth
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsThe Orland Youth Association is a recreational sports program for the boys of Orland Park and surrounding areas. Founded in 1962, the club is celebrating …... -
May 2 drug symposium targets concerned parents
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsOrland Township will host its first Community Link symposium, offering information for parents of grade and high school students on the area's battle against heroin use. …...
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