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My lifelong Lincoln tour continues

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March 26, 2013 Lexington Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln Leave a Comment

A pause for inspiration

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March 23, 2013 Chicago Lincoln statue reflection Leave a Comment

Doin’ the time warp

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February 23, 2013 ads military schools National Geographic old magazines Pan Am The Tall State travelers checks Leave a Comment

Lincoln 101

A jewel of a sculpture, February 25
February 11, 2013 Abraham Lincoln Lincoln statues Lincoln stories Presidents Day Leave a Comment

The Cats and the Cubs

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February 6, 2013 Chicago Cubs Cubs and Wildcats Northwestern Wildcats Wrigley Field Leave a Comment

Springfield as Mecca

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January 26, 2013 Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address tablets Lincoln centennial Springfield Leave a Comment

Rooting for the enemy

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December 30, 2012 Aaron Rogers Chicago Bears FIB Green Bay Packers NFL rivalry Leave a Comment

The old beer game

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December 7, 2012 Colorado Last Call Marijuana legalization miller lite billboard Prohibition Spring Break TORCO sign washington Wrigley Field Leave a Comment

It was 20 years ago

It was 20 years ago, November 6
November 6, 2012 1992 campaign Bill Clinton Carol Moseley Braun Illinois Obama Paul Simon Leave a Comment

The Constitution and the ultimate glass ceiling

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October 15, 2012 gender neutral language originalism U.S. constitution Leave a Comment

Going beyond special

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September 22, 2012 baseball rivalries Cardinals win Chicago Cubs Cubs win Cubs-Cardinals Darwin Barney family St. Louis Cardinals Wrigley Field 2 Comments

Putting it on the line

Putting it on the line, September 12
September 12, 2012 Chicago public schools Chicago teachers' strike CTU Leave a Comment

Home, home again

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August 30, 2012 2012 election Barack Obama O'Hare Airport Paul Ryan Speech returning home from vacation Leave a Comment

Seeing the President

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August 20, 2012 Albuquerque disc camera Illinois State Fair President Clinton President Reagan re-election campaigns Leave a Comment

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, July 28
July 28, 2012 Abraham Lincoln Civil War Confederate flag Dukes of Hazzard Illinois Land of Lincoln shopping mall stores The General Lee Leave a Comment

The old and the new

The old and the new, July 27
July 27, 2012 Carson Pirie Scott building Downtown Chicago Macy's Marshall Field's State and Madison streets State Street Target Logo Target store in the Loop Wal-Mart Leave a Comment

Welcome to college

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May 9, 2012 Bobb-McCulloch Maurice Sendak Northwestern Springfield IL typewriter Where the Wild Things Are Leave a Comment

Here’s how to win the pennant

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April 16, 2012 Chicago Cubs pennants Doug Myers Essential Cubs NL pennants Salvation Army West Side Grounds Wrigley Field 1 Comment

Quarterly report #3

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March 31, 2012 baseball season birthday tributes Fanified Happy spring Lincoln opening day quarterly reports snowfall Through the Fence Baseball Trayvon Martin worldwide reach of the internet writing Leave a Comment

Lincoln at sunrise

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March 10, 2012 Abraham Lincoln statue Avard Fairbanks Chicago Lincoln Ice skating Lawrence Avenue Lincoln Square railsplitter red light Stephen A. Douglas sunrise Western Avenue Leave a Comment

A jewel of a sculpture

A jewel of a sculpture, February 25
February 25, 2012 Abraham Lincoln bas relief Chicago Public Library Lincoln Lincoln Avenue Leave a Comment

An experiment you can eat

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February 22, 2012 Abraham Lincoln Ash wednesday apologies Chilli Chilli capital of the civilized universe corndog invention Cozy Dog experimentation with food horseshoe sandwich Springfield Springfield Illinois Leave a Comment

I thought I knew the story

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February 12, 2012 Abraham Lincoln Illinois Lewiston Lewistown Lincoln Douglas debates Spoon River Anthology the Hill Venerable men of the Revolution Leave a Comment

Memorializing the Gettysburg Address

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February 8, 2012 Abraham Lincoln Edward Everett Gettysburg Address Leave a Comment

Going the distance and shutting ‘em out

November 26, 2011 1970s Cubs Brooks Robinson Cardinals fans Don Sutton George Will Paul Reuschel Quincy Illinois Rick Reuschel San Francisco Giants Steve Carlton Leave a Comment

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