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In April 1857, the Logan County Courthouse burned to
the ground and court officials temporarily arranged to hold court in nearby
Lincoln Christian Church. That
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I’ve had a lot on my mind lately but not a lot
of time to sort things out. That’s just the way things are. Compared
with many, I don’t have mu
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One last shot at the Great American Novel, and I need
help. I’m taking an online writing course from a university.
It’s a simple agenda: Students ar
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It’s Tour de France time, but we’re not
interested here, because no Americans are in the hunt — but I’m
looking for a new sport to watch
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As a young reporter, Lincoln Steffens learned that
successful police officers had a somewhat ambiguous relationship to the
law. Here’s how it worked in so
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She lived in the four-room house her father built.
She had been away from home only once, 37 years ago, one year in college.
She came home pregnant. The baby
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It’s a beautiful day, normal people are doing
normal things, and I’ve just finished a three-hour online debate with
five twentysomething college-stu
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Long, long ago, I was the host of a public-access
cable-television show in St. Louis, a boring gabfest about world affairs.
We had a panel of regulars — a
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He has a commanding presence and deep rich voice. He
speaks, and no one listens.
The grandparents here have heard it all in another
time; they have hear