April 13, 2025Dear editor; When you were little and made a mess, what happened? Mom or Dad walked in and exclaimed, What on earth have you been doing? Or What is this mess you’ve made? Either way, you were expected to clean it up. You learned to accept responsibility and...
April 9, 2025Dear editor; Another unnecessary anti-family bill is advancing in Springfield. The Homeschool Act (HB 2827) will impose fines and jail time on parents who don’t file a “Homeschool Declaration Form.” In other words, those that don’t register with their local district and provide their curriculum for the school...
With the American Dream currently turning into the American Nightmare because of our Anarchist-in-Chief’s attempts at hosting an international version of the game show Let’s Make a Deal, I’ve decided that it’s a waste of time to rehash any of his threats to democracy and the sinking value of our...
By John & Nisha Whitehead What we’re witnessing is the calculated use of emergency powers to concentrate power in the hands of the president, enrich the Deep State, and dismantle what remains of economic and constitutional safeguards. Nearly 250 years after our nation’s founders rebelled over abused property rights, Americans...
April 6, 2025Dear editor; A recent letter to the editor in The Voice asserted that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act requires unnecessary proof of citizenship before voting in federal elections. The author’s viewpoint is typical of those who encourage election fraud. SAVE Act amends a 1993 National Voter...
April 7, 2025Dear editor; Libraries are one of the most important institutions in our community. Besides providing essentially free access to hours of entertainment and literature, they have a wealth of resources for all, including the homeless. They hold events designed to promote community bonding, such as book clubs, career...
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter five): He has: Frozen all military aid to Ukraine and suspended intelligence sharing, pending the satisfactory (to him) outcome of a peace treaty with Russia; Ended re-imbursing state programs which supply fresh food to food banks; Cut off Federal grants and contracts...
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda I have a friend on Facebook who starts out his posts with, “Trump doesn’t care about America.” He’s wrong of course, because it’s the globalists/Democrats who care more about global issues than they do about the American people. Donald Trump is a nationalist/populist, so by definition,...
By John & Nisha Whitehead It’s no joke: America is becoming a Constitution-free zone. Little by little, our rights are being whittled down in the name of national security. Where do you draw the line? How much tyranny will Americans tolerate in the name of national security? At what point...
March 25, 2025Dear editor; Our democracy works best when every eligible voter, regardless of background, can make their voice heard. But the extreme SAVE Act threatens that right by imposing unnecessary and burdensome proof-of-citizenship requirements, making it significantly harder for millions of Americans to register and vote. This bill would...
March 25, 2025Dear editor; Homeschooling is on the rise and some school administrators are very concerned that they’re losing tax resources with declining enrollment numbers. Representative Terra Costa Howard (D-Lombard) is targeting homeschooling families with HB 2827, claiming that she wants to protect children from parents “who don’t do it...
Just when I thought I could write about something other than the incompetence of the co-presidents running or ruining America (I should have known better), up pops some more deranged actions of the Elon Musk/Donald Trump administration. I don’t have to go into details because I know all you astute...
By John & Nisha Whitehead “If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.”—Robert Reich The war on due process is here. No trials. No hearings. No rights. Just indefinite detention and secret deportations. This is the fate that awaits every one of us, not just immigrants (legal or otherwise),...
March 24, 2025Dear editor; Kane County voters: The Consolidated General Election is Tuesday, April 1. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.. If you want more details about the election or to see a sample ballot, you can search for “Kane votes” and be taken to...
March 18, 2025Dear editor; The Donald Trump administration’s proposal to reconsider the EPA’s endangerment finding is reckless, anti-science, and a huge step backward for climate action. This decision isn’t just about politics—it puts our health, environment, and future on the line. The endangerment finding, established in 2009, is based on...
Musings: •The Sins of Donald J. Trump (chapter four): He has: Fired the staff of the National Security Administration (which manages the nation’s nuclear stockpiles); Transferred trans-women in Federal prisons to men’s prisons; Turned over sensitive documents to DOGE; Targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for dismantlement; Fired the Director...
By John & Nisha Whitehead President Donald Trump’s declaration of war as a justification for using wartime powers to sidestep constitutional protections is indeed a war, but it is a war waged by the president against dissent, against due process, and against the very foundations of our constitutional republic. This...
March 17, 2025Dear editor; There are still townhall meetings for the Kane County Public Safety Sales Tax, so I am happy I probably can come March 20 since I am familiar with the church and it is a time, 6:30 p.m. I can probably exit my driveway at 6 p.m....
Anybody out there taken a gander at your 401(k)s lately? If you’re curious, you can log in to your retirement accounts and watch them evaporate like clouds of gas that Donald Trump lets fly in the front rows of a courtroom. Right now, 401(k)s are worth nearly 20% less than...
As we watch the new Donald Trump Administration defy accepted norms for behavior and implement what look like extreme measures and chaos, it does not serve us to spend our time insulting fellow Americans who have different views, when there is so much research to be done in understanding which...
