New candidate might find connections have a price
Admit it. You all tried to tell me, after living in Cook County for 40 years, that Kane County politicians would bore me. That's simply not the case. Democrats love to embrace their ineptitude -- take 14th District Congressman Bill Foster and some of his staff -- but I find Republicans to be far more entertaining.

Halloween becoming far too sexy and too boozy
What the heck has happened to Halloween? Geneva resident and mother of two young girls Shelly Kelley and I pondered that very question while watching a recent Campton Hills bike race.

When H1N1 battles with homecoming
It was 1979. Every Saturday morning we'd meet in the lower level of Northwestern's Norris Center to play a rousing round of Dungeons and Dragons. One particular fall weekend, an NU sorority was hosting a fundraising event that included a kissing booth.

Civility must be added to abortion debate
You can tell it's fall in Geneva by the sea of white crosses temporarily adorning the St. Peter Catholic Church front lawn. Each cross was intended to represent one of the more than three thousand abortions that take place in this country every day.