Edward Robert McClelland: The Illinois debate that made Abraham Lincoln a national figure
Abraham Lincoln's arguments against slavery in his first debate with Stephen Douglas in Ottawa, Illinois, would make him a national figure.
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Commentary: In defense of Stephen Douglas
On April 25, 1861, less than two weeks after the Confederate States of America bombed the federal outpost at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas addressed the Illinois...
Chicago should annex adjoining suburbs
Second City ... Third City ... Fourth City? Ever since the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago has been the midcontinental metropolis. But that distinction is slipping away as our population decreases....
Here’s hoping all youse enjoy this
A friend and I were looking for a restaurant near the corner of 105th and Western, when a voice called out to us from the sidewalk. "Are youse lost?" "Youse"...
Voice-mail farms: Their ample WAVs explained
"Hi, you've reached Ted McClelland. Please leave a message." "Ted, this is Mike, your editor. I need that story on how voice mail works today." * * * "Hi, you've...
This tells you exactly where you stand
There was too much information in my hand. I was walking north on Michigan Avenue, holding a Garmin, the super-advanced running watch that wraps around the wrist like a Wonder...
This tells you exactly where you stand
There was too much information in my hand. I was walking north on Michigan Avenue, holding a Garmin, the super-advanced running watch that wraps around the wrist like a Wonder...
FROM MEN’S CLOSETS TO WOMEN’S
You might have seen her roaming the sales floor at Orvis on Delaware Street. Or in the pews at 4th Presbyterian Church. A young woman wearing a skirt that looks...
THE WARDROBE
It used to be that if you wanted your favorite beer on a T-shirt, it had to land there. Now there's a cleaner way: beertees.com, which offers shirts advertising brews...
Google Earth knows where to find you
Google knows where you live. It has pictures too. Type your address into Google Earth (earth.google.com), the Internet mammoth's mapping system. Watch an image of the globe spin. Watch the...