Burt Constable
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Go to an inauguration and a White Sox game breaks outJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - As if he were just another roughed-up Texas Rangers pitcher slinking off the mound at U.S. Cellular Field, President George W. Bush left the White House with the derisiv...
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We ought to name decade for sake of oldies radio and alumni clubsJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Tuesday's inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th president of the United States will kick off a new era. And we still don't know what to call the old one. All jokes about ...
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Suburbs' King event notes mission far from accomplishedJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Today, we are about to inaugurate African-American Barack Obama as president. But there will be no "Mission Accomplished" ba...
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'Bring it on!' winter-baiters get their blizzardy wishJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Internet posters summed up the attitude best back on Dec. 20 after reading a column in which I already was longing for spring. "Sick of winter?" Master Debater roared. "...
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Ulysses, he ain't, but career options still peachy for impeached BlagoJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - If you are a resident in the Land of Lincoln, the news is that the Illinois House voted Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the wake of the felony criminal allegat...
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Census Bureau sees changing demographic - at hiring officeJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - This wouldn't be the best week for a census taker to ask single mom Kim Chase about her job status. "Yesterday was my first day of not working," Chase says. "It scared t...
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From a Hoppity Horse in suburbs to living cowboy dreamJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - If childhood dreams always came true, the suburbs would be packed with professional athletes, marine biologists, firefighters, rock stars, paleontologists and prima ball...
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This year, winter blues creep in before winterDec 19, 2008 10:00 pm - I have this epiphany every year. Sometimes it comes on Dec. 31. Other times it arrives on Jan. 8. Often it lingers until Feb. 13. A couple of times it doesn't show up un...
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Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as Illinois ethicsDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - "Dear Columnist: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no such thing as ethics in Illinois. Papa says, 'If you see it in the Daily Herald, it's so.' P...
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Hard to save life when you don't know which way to turnDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Michael Becker's loved ones left their house in Prairie View on Sept. 17, 2007, with no idea that the 19-year-old's lifetime battles were about to come to a tragic end o...