AHA move to replace housing is a good plan
Though it's always traumatic for people to be moved -- especially if it is not their own choice -- the decision by the Aurora Housing Authority to demolish Jericho Circle is good for Aurora and also will be good for the residents who will be displaced.

Dugan's murders cry for execution
You're never going to convince me we should abolish the death penalty. And I can sum up my reasoning in two words. Brian Dugan.

No place for death penalty in enlightened society
If anyone should fry in the electric chair, it's Brian Dugan." Even I have a difficult time arguing against that sentiment. But because there's no middle ground when it comes to the death penalty, I've got to give it a shot.

It's hard to argue against death for Brian Dugan
The sentencing of convicted killer Brian Dugan to die by lethal injection for the brutal slaying of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville in 1983 will open for some the questions and doubts that are traditionally raised about the death penalty.

Debit card fraud attempted, but it's Visa to the rescue
I've written a number of columns on the threat all of us constantly face from crooks trying to steal our identities or plunder our bank accounts. By now, everyone is wise to the bogus e-mail from a Nigerian government official needing to hide a few million dollars in the U.S., and offering to cut us in on the booty, if we'd just let him use our bank account.

Series illustrates split over health care issue
Our five-part series on health care, which concluded Thursday, if nothing else revealed the wide range of concerns residents have not only about the Obama administration's health care legislation but about the shortcomings and problems with the way health care in the United States is now funded. As the debate continues nationwide, our readers demonstrate the split that is evident across the country.

Parents face difficult choices due to flu scare
Sesame Street's Kermit the Frog laments, "It's not easy bein' green." These days, it's not easy being a parent, with the H1N1 mania sweeping through the area over the past week.