Within 20 minutes on the misty, damp morning of July 24, 1915, death sat down at the party. The day had been carefully designed as the social beacon of Chicago’s…
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Good Morning Vietnam
Taking the Army’s offer of officer candidate school was an easy choice at the time for Michael Duffy. Now a Wilmette resident, then he was a draftee making less than…
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A Day to Remember
The heartfelt power of symbolism centers on shared special moments—the salute of old soldiers, the chords of a song, and the summoned memories of heroism. As Lake Forest’s McKinlock Post…
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One Book, Everybody Reads
Writing novels is devilishly difficult. As Rosellen Brown has proven, even brilliant writers with scads of admirers nationally and hefty resumes get no easy trip up the hill. Just because…
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Master of Mayhem
David Hagerty’s professional writing life has been series of forgotten dreams. But he always awakens to rediscover the right path just in time to take it. That’s one reason Hagerty,…
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Power of Positivity
Jeff Kuhn can make a compelling case that when he dies, the event will require the combined energy of the universe to pull it off. The several deadly encounters that…
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Never Forget
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center unveiled an exhibit earlier this month with a focus on remembering Amer- ica’s history of enslavement, particularly in the state of Illinois. To…
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Prose and No Cons: Escape to Ragdale Stirs …
The serenity of Ragdale’s 50-acre retreat and refuge in Lake Forest called to Elizabeth Taylor, and she had to answer. It was exactly the place where one of Chicago’s leading…
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