Just a few blocks from conservative activist lawyer Jim Bopp's downtown Terre Haute law office sits the former home of labor icon Eugene Debs.

Even closer is the statue of Max Ehrmann, whose poem “Desiderata” reminded people worldwide that each of them is “a child of the universe.” On the western edge of the downtown district, in the 300 block of old South Second Street, acclaimed and provocative novelist Theodore Dreiser was born. Read the full Tribune Star article here.