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Regardless of whether you see links between politicians and lizards as author Douglas Adams does, you still have to decide which you prefer and then go vote, columnist Bill Mego says.

Mego: Regardless of the ‘lizard’ you support, you still have to vote

June 9, 2018 at 5:17 a.m.

Those of you who aren't familiar with the late humorist and writer Douglas Adams might find a passage from one of his books appropriate this week. The book is "So...

Hemi Shaha, 11, of Aurora, and her dance troupe, Tarana Kathak Academy, prepares for a performance at a Diwali Festival in Aurora.

Mego: Halloween-time holidays offer something for every walk of life, and that’s a good thing

June 9, 2018 at 6:33 a.m.

Monday is Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, a holiday resembling the scary Celtic festival called Samhain ("sow-in") that was held Nov. 1 to celebrate the new year. When Pope Gregory...

The visitor center built at Fullersburg Woods in Oak Brook was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression.

Mego: What Illinois needs right now is a civilian conservation corps

June 9, 2018 at 8:55 a.m.

Although there is no realistic chance it would be implemented, one of the things I think would be helpful to create after this ugly election would be an Illinois Conservation...

The United States uses 50 percent of its corn crop for fuel while people around the world starve, which should be something we consider on World Food Day, columnist Bill Mego says.

Mego: Your mother was right – we waste food while others starve

June 9, 2018 at 10:36 a.m.

Remember when you were little and didn't want to finish your dinner? Your mother said there was a starving child somewhere who would love to have it? Well, she was...

Some property owners say the requirements to rent to someone who has a government housing voucher make the process too difficult, but columnist Bill Mego says the rules actually provide protections for both the landlord and tenant.

Mego: Council did right thing making landlords accept housing vouchers

June 9, 2018 at 12:49 p.m.

Many of us, I would venture to say most of us, want to do the right thing. Sometimes, however, it's difficult to know what the right thing is. The Naperville...

Mego: An argument for not raking leaves, not that the city will listen…

June 12, 2018 at 12:10 p.m.

In a very few weeks, as the hours of sunlight grow fewer, the leaves on our trees will make less chlorophyll than they need to, any buds on the tree...

For the first time, the "Holy Bible" made the top 10 list of books challenged or banned, according to the American Library Association.

Mego: Banned and challenged books alive and well in 21st century

June 12, 2018 at 7:17 a.m.

There was a time, years ago, when if you told me we would still have banned and challenged books in 2016, I wouldn't have believed you. I thought the world...

Riverwalk art show refreshes the soul

June 12, 2018 at 7:38 a.m.

Next weekend, one of the most enjoyable events of the summer will be held on the Riverwalk. It is the Naperville Art League's Riverwalk Fine Art Show, which runs from...

Does homework reinforce what a child has learned in school or create drudgery that eventually kills curiosity and a love of learning? Columnist Bill Mego argues it's the latter.

Mego: Do away with homework, and you may just spur a love of learning

June 14, 2018 at 5:25 a.m.

Every year, as Labor Day approaches, there's a topic about which some of our readers always want me to write. No, it's not Eugene V. Debs, as appropriate as that...

Mego: New Naperville flag options, SECA funding changes disappointing

June 9, 2018 at 12:10 p.m.

Every now and then I get to worrying I haven't made enough people angry. So on days like today, I try and take care of that by commenting on, and...

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