Burt Constable
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Fool me once, shame on you ...Oct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The Chicago Cubs have become another sitcom that has "jumped the shark." Just as TV's "Happy Days" lost its hold on viewers when it stooped to an episode where Fonzie an...
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The Late Show with Carlos Zambrano tops debate for fans with a Cubs viceOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - On a busy night for TV watchers, vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden finish their debates by the time the Cubs Late Show with Carlos Zambrano gets int...
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After looking too far ahead, Cubs fans fear looking backOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - On a chilly and breezy October playoff Opening Night at Wrigley Field, Cubs fans walk that thin chalk line between the effervescent hopes of "It's gonna happen" and the ...
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Manny ain't no SammySep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - If told that a charismatic, enigmatic Dominican-born slugger would be hoping to propel his team to victory in a playoff game at Wrigley Field, Cubs fans might think they...
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Looking back on Cubs' century of futilitySep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - 100 years have passed since the Cubs last won a World Series, creating the longest sports championship drought in the history of major sports. As they slug their way thr...
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Readers' comments make this column a 'hate-free' zoneSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - In the more than 20 years of writing this column, I've received one death threat (from a defender of Richard Nixon, no less), a few anonymous threats of physical violenc...
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Sacrifice not required of all, but some help would be niceSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - With my wife going out of town for three nights, she developed a battle plan designed to help me and our three sons survive her absence. She bought groceries, set up pla...
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Why are some so mean, unfeeling, angry and judgmental?Sep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Maybe it's because we are a nation so divided politically. Maybe it's the potential World Series tension looming between Cubs fans and White Sox fans. Maybe it is a remn...
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Keeping the faith through cancer, pain, death, now theftSep 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The cancer that had been trying to kill Lara Larson for years finally got the upper hand, but the Wauconda mother of seven took time to draw a smiley face on the handwri...
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Hey, kid from 1890 -- our builders found your lost stuffSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When we decided to build an addition onto our old house, our contractors told us to expect surprises. But we weren't expecting baby stuff from the 19th Century to be hi...