Lincoln slips through these stories as he did in life, as a townsman, a colleague, a lawyer (some of the juicier stories were culled from recent scholarship about his law career) and politician. The Lincoln of the 1830s and ’40s wrote anonymous political screeds that often bordered on the libelous.

These days writing instructors have to fight with college students to get them to use sources for research other than the Internet. Intellectual property is a foreign concept to the Milliennials, who have been on computers since they were infants. Information has always been at their fingertips and free for the taking.

We continue to go about our daily routines – go to work, go to the mall, go out to eat, go golfing, go to church, go on vacation, go dancing and drinking. War? Americans will pay far more attention to the World Series than they will to the ongoing carnage in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Ryan Louis was very lucky to get a heart transplant [see “Springfield man celebrates 25 years with transplanted heart,” by Patrick Yeagle, Oct. 14]. There are now more than 108,000 people on the National Transplant Waiting List, with more than 50 percent of these people dying before they get a transplant.

It’s not every day that a group almost nobody has ever heard of gives $175,000 to a single state legislative candidate. But that’s just what happened on Oct. 7 when Stand for Children Illinois PAC handed over that gigantic check to Republican Ryan Higgins, who is vying to replace retiring state Rep.

Carolyn Oxtoby has spent more than 30 years restoring and preserving historic buildings in Springfield, from the famous Lincoln-Herndon Law Office to the former Masonic Temple she helped turn into the Hoogland Center for the Arts.

According to a press release from the Illinois Senate Republicans, Quinn continues to secretly release thousands of inmates from prison before they’ve served their time, despite Quinn’s claims that he suspended all early release programs in December 2009.

Before the Oct. 17 gubernatorial debate between Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn and Republican Bill Brady at Elmhurst College near Chicago, Green Party candidate Rich Whitney and a group of supporters stood outside in protest, megaphone and signs in hand.

Steidl will be speaking publicly as part of the “Beyond Repair Tour” which stops tonight, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. at the University of Illinois Springfield in the Public Affairs Center, Conference Room G.

Of the estimated 400 to 500 people who showed up to a Columbus Day rally in Charleston for state senator and Republican governor hopeful Bill Brady of Bloomington, most were Republican voters angry with the state of the state.

Brady served four terms in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000 and is now finishing his third term in the Illinois Senate while campaigning for governor on a platform of financial responsibility and building a better business atmosphere in Illinois.

“Balancing the state budget and getting to that magic figure in terms of cuts involves eliminating revenue sharing between state and local governments,” he says. “You’re going to get higher property taxes locally or a reduction in services. You take that money away from the city and county, and you’re looking at impacts on police, fire….

“People have said, ‘Bill, why would anyone want to be governor of Illinois?’ ” Brady said, addressing the rally. “Most of our governors seem to make license plates in their after careers, but the truth of the matter is, I want to be governor of Illinois for the same reasons you’re here tonight.

Black walnuts (juglans nigra) may be related to their European cousin, the English, or Persian walnut (juglans regia), but they taste very different: Different in flavor, but also in intensity. English walnuts are milder, with a mellow flavor that can be showcased, but that can also play a supporting role.

Combine the salt and water in a one-gallon resealable plastic bag. Squish with your hands until the salt is completely dissolved. Add the pork chops, squeeze out as much water as possible, and let the chops brine, refrigerated, for at least four hours and up to 24.

You can’t help but wonder what Abraham Lincoln would have thought if he’d witnessed the public auction here of two slave girls in July, 1827. Even though the event occurred 10 years before Lincoln came to Springfield, its repercussions would affect him many years later.

An entire day meditating in silence may not be how you usually fill a Saturday, but here’s an opportunity to try something different. Eva Muller and Juliet Slack are leading “A Day of Mindfulness: a Meditation Retreat” Saturday, Oct. 23. They claim that the activity is a calming, healing experience.

AMC listings are for Friday, Oct. 22 through Thursday, Oct. 28. Bracketed movie times are Saturday only matinees and Friday and Saturday late shows. AMC ShowPlace 12 movie times were not available at press time. All times are still subject to change. For updates on AMC films, call 1-800-FANDANGO.

Since their invention in 1896, the vicarious experiences that motion pictures have provided have perhaps been the greatest source of their appeal.

As the Hoogland Center for the Arts continues to be a major force in area arts events and a blessing upon our collective artistic sensibilities, a certain element of the local scene remains out of the loop.

These two seasoned veterans of the local music scene recently collaborated on a CD of original tunes and intend to perform them at the CD release show.

Let Live, Mozart Season, Dreams May Fall, Message at the Beep, Taking Alexander.

University of Illinois Springfield Theatre Program produces the thoughtprovoking Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by American theater icon, Wendy Wasserstein. Relive the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s through the humorous, historical and cultural trek of Heidi Holland as she moves from high-school brainer to adult professor and feminist.

Book Signing: Bonnie Barnett.

You might have seen or heard this musician on “Austin City Limits,” “Letterman,” or via “True Blood’s” episode two closing song. WUIS Bedrock Series and EF Distributing Company bring political songwriter and prolific rock ’n’ roll classicist to the Hoogland Center for the Arts on Oct.

Millikin University’s Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert.

If you missed the first PechaKucha Night in Springfield, you won’t want to miss the second, held Oct. 28 at the City Lights Theatre at Capital City Bar and Grill.

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