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Finally, a social networking site I really need, and wish I didn't
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/19/2009
For years, I've cynically dismissed social networking as the biggest time-wasting tool since I bothered to learn all that CB radio lingo, 10-4, good buddy. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/19/2009
For years, I've cynically dismissed social networking as the biggest time-wasting tool since I bothered to learn all that CB radio lingo, 10-4, good buddy. FULL STORY
Once-lost diary tells story of WWII and love of 'Smiley'
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/10/2009
Giving away her little blue book hasn't gotten any less emotional for Donna Mae Reishus. onna Mae cried the first time she gave the blank diary to her high school sweetheart, Dale Reishus, as he shipped out on a Navy destroyer to fight World War II. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/10/2009
Giving away her little blue book hasn't gotten any less emotional for Donna Mae Reishus. onna Mae cried the first time she gave the blank diary to her high school sweetheart, Dale Reishus, as he shipped out on a Navy destroyer to fight World War II. FULL STORY
Don't remember the Maine vote, just keep eyes on gay prize
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/7/2009
Perhaps the Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell picked up his unflinching boldness in his pursuit of justice from all those years he spent on the civil rights trail with the man he calls Martin King. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/7/2009
Perhaps the Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell picked up his unflinching boldness in his pursuit of justice from all those years he spent on the civil rights trail with the man he calls Martin King. FULL STORY
Always focused, whether at work, at home, or out in the community
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/5/2009
On one of Jim Hollister's last days before death ended his 67-year career running the projector at Barrington's classic Catlow Theater, a button broke minutes before the Saturday showtime. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/5/2009
On one of Jim Hollister's last days before death ended his 67-year career running the projector at Barrington's classic Catlow Theater, a button broke minutes before the Saturday showtime. FULL STORY
Courage of one inspires next generation of leaders
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/3/2009
The kids packed into the St. Viator High School gymnasium sit in silence as the ordinary man in a suit and tie at the podium calmly explains how it all went down. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/3/2009
The kids packed into the St. Viator High School gymnasium sit in silence as the ordinary man in a suit and tie at the podium calmly explains how it all went down. FULL STORY
Ricketts turns from die-hard fan into owner
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/31/2009
I see Tom Ricketts, his new "World Champion Cubs" hat dripping champagne onto a smiling face already damp from tears. He stands near Wrigley Field's home plate on a chilly fall night, accepting the World Series trophy on behalf of all of us long-suffering Cubs fans. The point man for the Ricketts family, new owners of baseball's most anguished franchise, will be wearing a dark, expensive wool topcoat, a gray suit, crisp blue shirt and red power tie. But he won't be another of those empty corporate suits stepping out of committee meetings to be the face of the Cubs. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/31/2009
I see Tom Ricketts, his new "World Champion Cubs" hat dripping champagne onto a smiling face already damp from tears. He stands near Wrigley Field's home plate on a chilly fall night, accepting the World Series trophy on behalf of all of us long-suffering Cubs fans. The point man for the Ricketts family, new owners of baseball's most anguished franchise, will be wearing a dark, expensive wool topcoat, a gray suit, crisp blue shirt and red power tie. But he won't be another of those empty corporate suits stepping out of committee meetings to be the face of the Cubs. FULL STORY
In wake of tragedy, advocates inspire change and hope
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 10/29/2009
Not wanting to miss a second of trick-or-treating with his older brother and cousins, 4-year-old Patrick Henry wore his Halloween costume as he boarded the airplane with his mom, Patty, that afternoon of Oct. 31, 1994. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 10/29/2009
Not wanting to miss a second of trick-or-treating with his older brother and cousins, 4-year-old Patrick Henry wore his Halloween costume as he boarded the airplane with his mom, Patty, that afternoon of Oct. 31, 1994. FULL STORY
Beware of glowing Dew, Halloween hoaxes and Bears hype
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/27/2009
"On the way home, can you swing by a store and buy us some Mountain Dew?" my three sons ask. Don't worry. The caffeine-laden, sugary pop is for science, not drinking, they assure me. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/27/2009
"On the way home, can you swing by a store and buy us some Mountain Dew?" my three sons ask. Don't worry. The caffeine-laden, sugary pop is for science, not drinking, they assure me. FULL STORY
Argonne's tiny nanotech microscope needs macro building
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/24/2009
So the scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are all giddy as they wait for next month's arrival of a new multifunctional scanning probe microscope devoted to the high-resolution properties of spin-polarized surfaces at high (think 9 Tesla) magnetic fields and low (try 4.2 Kelvin on for size) temperatures. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/24/2009
So the scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are all giddy as they wait for next month's arrival of a new multifunctional scanning probe microscope devoted to the high-resolution properties of spin-polarized surfaces at high (think 9 Tesla) magnetic fields and low (try 4.2 Kelvin on for size) temperatures. FULL STORY
Halloween ghouls not as scary as trick-or-treat gluten
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/22/2009
Trick-or-treating on Halloween can be scary. A young child going door-to-door dressed as a wholesome fairy princess or plucky Bob the Builder can be intimidated by the gruesomeness of an older, blade-wielding Jason or Freddie. Many parents still harbor the improbable fear that some maniac has stuck a razor blade in an apple or poison in a candy bar. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/22/2009
Trick-or-treating on Halloween can be scary. A young child going door-to-door dressed as a wholesome fairy princess or plucky Bob the Builder can be intimidated by the gruesomeness of an older, blade-wielding Jason or Freddie. Many parents still harbor the improbable fear that some maniac has stuck a razor blade in an apple or poison in a candy bar. FULL STORY
No matter how you feel about the death penalty, it's flawed
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/21/2009
The Brown's Chicken murders are why our legislators decreed that Illinois must have a death penalty. If ever a case cried out for the ultimate punishment, this was it. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/21/2009
The Brown's Chicken murders are why our legislators decreed that Illinois must have a death penalty. If ever a case cried out for the ultimate punishment, this was it. FULL STORY
Where the boys aren't: All-female cast takes shot at 'Romeo & Juliet'
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 10/21/2009
As director Sean Hargadon surveyed the crop of actors auditioning for his Janus Theatre Co. production of "Romeo & Juliet," he might have thought, "Wherefore art thou, dudes?" FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 10/21/2009
As director Sean Hargadon surveyed the crop of actors auditioning for his Janus Theatre Co. production of "Romeo & Juliet," he might have thought, "Wherefore art thou, dudes?" FULL STORY
Variety show adds new life to old theater
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/20/2009
As a teenager at Prospect High School, Lindsay Diakoumis remembers going to the old Des Plaines Theater for a few Battle of the Bands shows. "I saw Fall Out Boy play in there before they were anything," says Diakoumis, who lives in Mount Prospect. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/20/2009
As a teenager at Prospect High School, Lindsay Diakoumis remembers going to the old Des Plaines Theater for a few Battle of the Bands shows. "I saw Fall Out Boy play in there before they were anything," says Diakoumis, who lives in Mount Prospect. FULL STORY
Rush's race news deflates with the rise of 'balloon boy'
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/17/2009
When I started this column, I was thinking about whether Rush Limbaugh, in his Thursday moaning about "Obama's America," intentionally called them "the dark days" as a shout-out to any racist listeners upset that the radio star's long history of racial comments cost him a chance to buy into an NFL team this week. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/17/2009
When I started this column, I was thinking about whether Rush Limbaugh, in his Thursday moaning about "Obama's America," intentionally called them "the dark days" as a shout-out to any racist listeners upset that the radio star's long history of racial comments cost him a chance to buy into an NFL team this week. FULL STORY
Flame of Olympic dream burns in Mundelein warehouse
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/15/2009
While pundits continue to analyze Chicago's failed Olympic bid and fans anticipate the 2016 games in Rio, a select group of athletes gather in a nondescript, former tile warehouse in Mundelein to work on their dreams of bringing home gold from London. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/15/2009
While pundits continue to analyze Chicago's failed Olympic bid and fans anticipate the 2016 games in Rio, a select group of athletes gather in a nondescript, former tile warehouse in Mundelein to work on their dreams of bringing home gold from London. FULL STORY
Geneva ad man a mad man in quest to get kids off street
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/10/2009
This is not the sort of advertising campaign you would see launched by the fictional Don Draper and those scotch-drinking, chain-smoking, women-chasing advertising executives on TV's "Mad Men." FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/10/2009
This is not the sort of advertising campaign you would see launched by the fictional Don Draper and those scotch-drinking, chain-smoking, women-chasing advertising executives on TV's "Mad Men." FULL STORY
10 years after crippling accident, life goes on for Rob Komosa
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/8/2009
His blurry memories of Oct. 6, 1999, include getting dressed for another routine day of high school and hitching a ride in his buddy's car, but Rob Komosa recalls nothing of the after-school football practice injury that ended his football career, nearly killed him and robbed him of his ability to walk, move his arms and legs, and breathe on his own. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/8/2009
His blurry memories of Oct. 6, 1999, include getting dressed for another routine day of high school and hitching a ride in his buddy's car, but Rob Komosa recalls nothing of the after-school football practice injury that ended his football career, nearly killed him and robbed him of his ability to walk, move his arms and legs, and breathe on his own. FULL STORY
When it comes to dealing with disappointment, practice really helps
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/6/2009
As I walk out of Wrigley Field after the last disappointing game of a very disappointing season in what concluded a very, very disappointing century for my Cubs, I smile contentedly. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/6/2009
As I walk out of Wrigley Field after the last disappointing game of a very disappointing season in what concluded a very, very disappointing century for my Cubs, I smile contentedly. FULL STORY
Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to Teamsters
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/1/2009
Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook village board. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/1/2009
Telling her mother that she wanted to come to the aid of a library under attack, 11-year-old Sydney Sabbagha stood at the podium before the Oak Brook village board. FULL STORY
Palatine mayors past and present express relief
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/30/2009
Former Mayor Rita Mullins sums up the pent-up emotions of an entire community in a single word Tuesday: relief. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/30/2009
Former Mayor Rita Mullins sums up the pent-up emotions of an entire community in a single word Tuesday: relief. FULL STORY
Money, and lots of good stuff, really does grow on trees
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/29/2009
This time of year, we tend to treat trees as nothing more than eye candy. We ooh and ahh over the leafy explosions of oranges, yellows and reds as if we are little kids at a flora fireworks display. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/29/2009
This time of year, we tend to treat trees as nothing more than eye candy. We ooh and ahh over the leafy explosions of oranges, yellows and reds as if we are little kids at a flora fireworks display. FULL STORY
Grim diagnosis sets stage for overwhelming help
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 9/26/2009
That last Mother's Day in May, with the girls finding time to do all the right things for Mom amid the hectic end-of-school schedule, wasn't any more remarkable than any other Mother's Day. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 9/26/2009
That last Mother's Day in May, with the girls finding time to do all the right things for Mom amid the hectic end-of-school schedule, wasn't any more remarkable than any other Mother's Day. FULL STORY
Bride won't show up at wedding, but she will be everywhere
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/24/2009
The banquet hall for Annie Hopkins' wedding reception is rented for Oct. 3. A jazz trio will set the mood for the elegant, reception dinner of steak, chicken and a vegetarian option. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/24/2009
The banquet hall for Annie Hopkins' wedding reception is rented for Oct. 3. A jazz trio will set the mood for the elegant, reception dinner of steak, chicken and a vegetarian option. FULL STORY
A gun's story: Bought for protection, ends as crime weapon
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/22/2009
As any firearm defender will tell you, a gun is just a cold, metal tool with no innate capacity for good or evil. But if you want to sell a gun, you play up the potential for lifesaving heroics without mentioning anything about a possible future link to mass murder. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/22/2009
As any firearm defender will tell you, a gun is just a cold, metal tool with no innate capacity for good or evil. But if you want to sell a gun, you play up the potential for lifesaving heroics without mentioning anything about a possible future link to mass murder. FULL STORY
Suburban cops go from loud music complaint to armed manhunt
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/19/2009
You'd think these suburban police officers would get the bends from changing attitudes so quickly. FULL STORY
By Burt Constable | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/19/2009
You'd think these suburban police officers would get the bends from changing attitudes so quickly. FULL STORY
