Burt Constable
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Vietnam War crimes 'a wound that has never healed'Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Growing up in the 1960s, Deborah Nelson could see the nation's wide range of attitudes about the Vietnam War from her house in Grayslake. Her father, a prominent Republi...
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When the going gets tough, the tough pound each otherNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - In the heart of the Depression, downtrodden Americans cheered boxing and all its savagery. They rooted for guys who literally fought their way out of tough situations. T...
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Are you smarter than Obama? Palin? McCain? W? E-mails?Nov 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Most of us probably never considered the possibility until the e-mail arrived: "Are you smarter than Barack Obama?" I write for a living and grew up in the basketball-cr...
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1 giant leap for liberals; 1 small step back for gay rightsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Hop aboard, Barack Obama voters. Jump on, Democrats. African-Americans, civil rights activists and historians sit up front, just behind benches reserved for those with d...
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Smoking poses health threat on all fronts for soldiersNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - In a world where improvised exploding devices, suicide bombers and snipers are trying to kill you, it's easy to see how soldiers can overlook what might be the biggest t...
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It took 1,709 days for my Obama prediction to come trueNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - "Burt: Perhaps two to three years ago, you wrote a column in which you admitted that every time you see Barack Obama, or hear his name, the tune 'Hail to the Chief' woul...
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With so much to do, no time for euphoria's hangoverNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The crews from Streets & Sanitation spend Wednesday morning picking up the last remnants of the Election Night party in Grant Park. Journalists from around the world pac...
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Celebrating the dreamNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Americans always will remember where we were at the watershed moment when Barack Obama, that skinny guy with the funny name and brown skin, forged a new chapter in U.S. ...
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Those struggles between joy and fear should end tonightNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The Election Day stakes have never been higher. The investment of today's voters has never been greater. And the wait for tonight's results has never been more torturous...
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Whether fiction or real life, one fear proves scariestOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - I suppose the sadistic torture porn in "Saw V" is what scares some people this Halloween. Although others might find it frightening that "High School Musical 3" is the n...