John Quincy Adams

In its early days, America lacked world-class universities, libraries, scientific research facilities, and museums. Many Americans believed such things were unnecessary for national security and economic growth, and were disinterested in the promotion...

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." A quote from former U.S. President John Quincy Adams that students at Lamar High School say speak to the character of senior class president Andrea...

100 Years Ago Spirit and kick "Misses Lillian Schultz and Mary Merceron attended one of the performances of "Ben Hur" at the New Academy of Music. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rider and daughter of "Sherwood," have been visiting Mrs. H. Newton De Vries. Mrs....

CRAB ORCHARD — Ora Frederick Pingleton, 92, of Copper Creek, Ky., died Thursday. She was the widow of Roy C. Pingleton.  She was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Crab Orchard. She was the daughter of the late Minnie (Burke) and John P. Frederick and the...

Attendance is soaring at the DuPage County Historical Museum and museum officials expect the momentum to keep up through 2012. The Wheaton museum saw 7,738 …...

Doug Mainwaring's article about the tea party, "Why the name calling?" (Aug. 10), was highly amusing. If name-calling is the problem, I'd suggest hey start with themselves. Whether it is Sarah Palin talking about "death panels" or Tea Party Nation CEO...

Jonathan Biedron didn't bother complaining the first time he noticed a difference between the price he was charged for office supplies and the figure posted on the shelf. But when it happened repeatedly — and always in the store's favor —...

Steven Miles and Arthur Caplan are my new heroes. They should be yours, too - if you hold the radical opinion that facts matter. Dr. Miles, a University of Minnesota bioethicist, offered $1,000 to a charity if Michele Bachmann can prove a link she...

John Wayne was not born in Waterloo and John Quincy Adams was not a founding father - but Michele Bachmann refuses to admit it....

How many presidents were born outside the US? Hint: Obama was not one of them....

Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe. Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama? Should Obama win re-election in 2012, he'd become the third consecutive White House occupant to triumph twice and have the chance to serve two full terms. The...

It’s one thing to have a First Dog and/or First Cat who signs paw-stamped autographs, makes an occasional television appearance and pens a book or two (a la Millie, President George H.W. Bush's springer spaniel). But it’s something else...