By John W. Whitehead We’ve been down this road many times. If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is: It has an unnerving tendency to exploit crises and use them as opportunities for power grabs under the guise of national security. Cue the Emergency State, the government’s
August 4, 2019 Dear editor; The recent shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio emphasize the need for the U.S. Congress to move beyond thoughts and prayers. These two shootings, along with the 2,128 other mass shootings we have had, depict a crumbling society rooted in a moral crisis.
Friday, it was announced that State senator Tom Cullerton is being indicted by federal authorities on 41 counts of embezzlement charges. The Villa Park Democratic Party member is accused of receiving a salary and benefits for more than three years from the Teamsters Union without doing any actual work. Upon
As Summer winds down, preparations are gearing up to send students back to school prepared and ready to learn. In an effort to equip students and families for a successful school year, community back-to-school fairs will be held next weekend. The 25th Annual Aurora Back to School Fair, co-sponsored by
Grandpa, My brother and his family are touring Europe on vacation. He has always been one to “decorate” the truth about things so I find it hard to believe what he told me about multi-colored honey in France. In college, I spent a year as a foreign exchange student in
By Jim Nowlan Many rural Midwest towns have become similar to my stereotype of Appalachia, main streets of mostly empty storefronts; lots of unskilled folks left behind, yearning for jobs on the line that are gone forever; too many single mothers struggling to make it on low-wage work, or welfare,
July 23, 2019Dear editor; I see how the Aurora City Council is moving and I feel it is not inclusive. Bringing in a whole new population downtown of executive types and emphasizing visitors and tourism to make us have some sort of prosperity and fame, has little to do with
July 28, 2019Dear editor; Congratulations are in order for the five newest members of Aurora Boys Baseball Hall of Fame, who were inducted Saturday, June 29 and had their photo on the front page of The Voice July 4. It is an honor that I am sure was very well
First of two parts The NAACP gathered in Detroit this week and leaders urged presidential hopefuls prior to the Democratic Party presidential debates earlier this week and for its own convention, not to shy away as Donald Trump fans the flames. Lauren Gambino writes for The Guardian Weekly in Washington:
Grandpa,My three-year wedding anniversary is coming up. Wedding anniversaries are a big deal to me, probably because I married so much later in life. On our first anniversary I told my wife that I would take her any place she wanted to go. She wanted to go to a fast
Q: My compounded prescription always showed an expiration date of one year. The new one has for three months. Why is the pharmacist making my script last for a shorter time? I suspect the reason is for profit. If he charges me the same price for a script that is
July 22, 2019Dear editor; The Illinois Department of Transportation has sent an answer to me that I correctly have identified the engineering standards for length of “yellow change interval,” but cannot make it a mandate for city government of Aurora. I have been educating individuals that the way to survive
July 21, 2019 Dear editor: Medicare is a true lifesaver for those of us over 65 and those of us with disabilities. However, the premiums for the supplemental plans are costly, and choosing the best Part D prescription plan is downright confusing. Furthermore, too often when the doctor wants to
By John W. Whitehead “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the
Grandpa, I recently retired and have been watching some of those true crime shows on television. I am seeing my own life and marriage played out in pieces of several of the shows. My wife is (several) years younger than I. We have only been married (a few) years and
AOC “Squad”: Who in the media is responsible for this term in the reference to four members of the House of Representatives? MEDIAite Colby Hall addresses this issue in the following article: “Among the many horrible news trends that have occurred of late, near the top of that list is
How do you persuade a populace to embrace totalitarianism, that goose-stepping form of tyranny in which the government has all of the power and “we the people” has none? You persuade the people that the menace they face, imaginary or not, is so sinister, so overwhelming, so fearsome that the
“May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse. The Chinese are very polite, even when they are cursing you! We are living in interesting times. Our accidental president, Donald Trump, who is not content to fight the two wars which he inherited from the two previous administrations
“There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ any more. Eventually, it will be ‘My phone is spying on me.’” —Philip K. Dick Red pill or blue pill? You decide. Twenty years after the Wachowskis’ iconic 1999 film, The Matrix, introduced us to
