In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...

Some styles of debate, such as Public Forum, involve familiar kinds of eloquence. Policy debate, however, is pure ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- A Southern Illinois historic preservation group wants to raise $100,000 or more erect statues to commemorate the Lincoln-Douglas debate that occurred in Jonesboro on Sept. 15, 1858.

Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich and long-shot Jon Huntsman say they’ll hold a “Lincoln-Douglas” debate in New Hampshire on Monday. So how will it be different from the usual debates? During the ...

The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, ...

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Debates test a candidate’s ability to handle pressure and reveal a good deal about his or her temperament. But in Michigan, ...

QUINCY — The next History Happy Hour hosted by the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, 128 N. Fifth St. in Quincy, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on June 19. Dr. Steve Belko from John Wood Community College ...