He came from poverty. He became Someone. Whose word was his bond. If he shook your hand, it sealed the deal. No lawyers need be involved. They were not needed between gentlemen of honor. His first contract was finalized with a handshake and it stood for the ensuing decade. That
The past weekend I was in the basement reorganizing some of my valuable future family heirlooms, a.k.a. stuff no rational human ever would consider saving. I came across a sandwich bag containing a cigar butt and a faded yellow pay stub, souvenirs of days spent working on The Babe, a
There is latitude in this column space reserved for this writer. Politics, history, sociology, observations, exclamations, all may appear in this assigned space. There are weeks, however, in which important notes and points are most relevant, in part, because we receive many wonderful articles, press releases, and sources of information.
“If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.” —Yakov Shanahan I did not recognize myself. The dust and the din of the marketplace have reduced my senses to almost oblivion. Was that only yesterday or is it today? What do I remember? How much have I forgotten? Now I
Fall Equinox September 22 makes it a special season: “Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness, color, and a time of completion; but it is also breadth, depth, and distance. What person can stand with Autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of the world and
With the embarrassing conclusion of the American presence in Afghanistan, it is time to re-examine the U.S.’s foreign policy which had led up to the disaster. Our foreign policy and our military policy went hand-in-hand, and both were destined to share the same fate. Once upon a time, the United
Celebrations, remembrances, fiestas, annual events. There are a variety of ways we in the United States hold observances in both jubilation and in somber tones. Understanding, respect, significance, are part of our heritage, past, present, and in a changing society. The most recent example, of course is the 20-year anniversary
One of the most prominent festivals in the Hindu tradition concluded after a multi-day celebration in Aurora. Thousands of Indian Americans from Aurora, and throughout the western Chicago suburbs, gathered in an open-air tent in the State’s second-largest city to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, which honors the birth of Lord Ganesh,
Charles stood just like a dime store mannequin with beautiful clothing on the outside, but empty inside. Charles had perfected the print glossy, but had failed to integrate his personality to be authentic. He had inherited a considerable amount of money. Through gambling, drink, and women, he had gone through
By Allen Andersen and Jim Nowlan We live in Trump country. Seven of 10 voters in our respective central Illinois counties voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. We are not Trump fans, yet many of our friends are Trump fans. Trump will go away; his base likely
It’s been a busy year for the Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) Bookmobile! Recently, the APLD Foundation was featured in Good Morning Aurora’s podcast to share exciting Bookmobile events and news. You can listen to the episode on Good Morning Aurora’s social media channels, including its Facebook page:@goodmorningaurora. During the
It is a busy world we live in these days for a variety of reasons. We can choose to be active and participate in many activities in our communities such as government, entertainment, religious, or other choices. We can choose not to be involved, perhaps function vicariously. We operate in
For Maria Andrejczyk, something mattered more than the silver medal she won for Poland in the javelin during the recent Tokyo Olympics. She auctioned off her medal to help pay for a surgery for an eight-month-old baby with a heart defect. But the winning bidders, a Polish store chain, Zabka,
An honest historian will have to address the brutality and maudlin life conditions of immigrants to our shores in the 1600s. It was, according to the books, Wilderness at Dawn, the Settling of the North American continent, by Ted Morgan, “a wilderness and not a deliverance, but a penalty impos’d.”
Firefighters from North Aurora, Sycamore, Naperville, and Lisle Departments were among 45 members of 31 Illinois departments who recently were deployed to assist in Hurricane Ida recovery efforts in Louisiana. Don Davids of Aurora, president of Wheeling-based Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, said “MABAS received a tasking from the Illinois
It may be easy pickings for some commentators, or partisans, to extricate significant meaning of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week following a nearly 20-year occupation. The war truly lasted only a few weeks, after the attack on the World Trade Center September 11, 2001. The occupation was with
Second of three parts The first part is at thevoice.us/watermelon-one-of-the-most-beloved-fruits-in-the-world Ocean Robbins of Food Revolution Network writes about one of Summer’s favorite foods. Watermelons. “Watermelons are among the largest and heaviest fruits available at most grocery stores, but is lugging them home worth the effort? The three most popular types
Sometimes, in life, you meet an outstanding person who again, once again, restores your faith in humanity. Sometimes that person had resided in the neighborhood of San Souci and you learn that so much was lost during the 1996 Aurora flood, such as all his yearbooks from Marmion Academy in
In all the news reporting about Afghanistan fiasco, the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, and scandals on The Bachelorette, an item that quickly passed by was the death of Charlie Watts. I told my wife he’d died and she said, “Who?” Not a surprise. There are probably a lot
Barack Obama recently purchased a $12 million Summer place on Martha’s Vineyard and planned to be host to 600 “swells” there for his 60th birthday, until the resurgent pandemic shrunk his party numbers. I thought to myself: Come on, Barack, do you really need an over-the-top mansion on an island
