By Stephanie Kifowit We marked the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001—a day that forever changed our Nation and remains deeply personal for so many Americans. I remember that day vividly, as many do. I was working at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter at the time and I was just in
September 1, 2026Dear editor; Most recently, the Illinois Tollway Authority approved another significant toll increase. Beginning January 1, 2027, passenger-vehicle tolls will rise by approximately 45 cents per toll, while commercial-vehicle rates will increase by approximately 30%. These increases will directly affect working families, daily commuters, truck drivers, and small
By John & Nisha Whitehead Twenty-five years after 9/11, one has to ask: Has the nightmare ever really ended? For a quarter-century, Americans have been governed by fear: Fear of terrorists and foreign enemies, fear of domestic extremists and political opponents, fear of the next attack, the next crisis, the
September 2, 2026Dead editor; I recently read the Reader’s Commentary, “Socialism/Communism: Denies individual freedoms, worth.” I appreciate the author’s concern for individual freedom, personal responsibility, and the value of hard work. Those are important principles, and I think they are shared by most people across the political spectrum. Where I
By John & Nisha Whitehead For years, we have been warning that the U.S. Supreme Court would not save us from the American police state. That warning has not grown less urgent. It has simply become more complicated. The danger today is not merely that courts will favor order and
August 29, 2026Dear editor; The City of Aurora has been my home for more than 25 years. I raised my family here, built a home, and became a small-business owner. I am deeply invested in this community and its future. It is disheartening to see neighboring communities such as Batavia,
August 28, 2026Dear editor; Please allow me to summarize Judy Siedlicki’s letter to the editor in The Voice last week. In short she wrote that she doesn’t like everything about the communist organization, the Democratic Socialists of America who hate America, but she still supports them. Ms Siedlicki should be
We haven’t heard much about the Canadian wildfires sending smoke our way recently. That story has kind of headed to the back burner. But we Americans should not overlook how the Canadian smoke pollution pushed our own homemade air pollution out of our skies. Admittedly, we can’t blame the fires
By John & Nisha Whitehead What began publicly as Donald Trump’s lavish, taxpayer-funded vision of a gilded White House ballroom is now being justified by the administration—in and out of court—as a matter of national security. To president Trump, it seems, a ballroom by any other name is a bunker.
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We all need a few strategies for navigating the highway of life. Here is a simple rule. Don’t fight with people at a buffet. When someone breaks in front of you to grab for the fried chicken or mashed potatoes then simply back off. Let them
August 21, 2026Dear editor; The following letter is intended to support Democrats like Angie Nixon. Angie Nixon won the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in the Florida Primary August 18. The next day she was interviewed on MS NOW’s Morning Joe to answer questions about affordability, universal health care, immigration and
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Do you want to own your own home? Would you like to build your own business? Do you believe the wages you earn should reflect the skills and efforts you’ve made to be productive? If your answer to these questions is “yes”, you just said “no”
By John & Nisha Whitehead This is what comes of giving a lawless agency unlimited funds to build detention centers, terrorize communities, and act as a secret police force. Anything goes. Masked raids. Unmarked vehicles. Warrantless arrests. Racial profiling. Sweeping surveillance. Detention camps. Excessive force. Citizens dragged off the streets.
By Dr. Glenn Mollette There is more than one way to learn. The formal method is the classroom. Elementary, junior, and high school. This is of course the minimum standard for our society today. Many of us spent years of other classroom studies. Today many people are studying online or
August 16, 2026Dear editor; The impact of George Orwell’s novel “1984” reverberates with more force today than when it was written in 1948, two years before he died of tuberculosis on a remote Scottish island. The novel draws from his experiences and reflects the tumultuous times in which he lived:
Superstitions come in all shapes and sizes. Some are familiar to most of us, such as a black cat crossing your path brings bad luck, or if you walk under a ladder a piano will fall on your head and crush your personal body, or if you step on a
By John & Nisha Whitehead The National Guard was just the beginning. One year after president Donald Trump deployed military troops to the nation’s capital, we find ourselves navigating a posse comitatus presidency in which the visual trappings of martial law are the norm, not the exception. When Trump declared
By Dr. Glenn Mollette A retired friend of mine fishes three or four times a week. He does it because he enjoys it and it is something to do. A retired school teacher friend played organized basketball until he was 85. He played in college and enjoyed the game his
August 7, 2026Dear editor; As Kane County continues to grow, so must a transportation system that keeps pace with the needs of our residents, businesses, and economy. That is why I support the Illinois Tollway’s proposed toll increase and the long-term investments it will make in the Interstate 88 and
By John & Nisha Whitehead What goes around comes around. That is the terrible law of blowback. When the United States bombs another country, threatens its government, kills its people, occupies its territory, or attempts to dictate its future, the consequences do not remain safely contained thousands of miles away.
