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Violent epidemic culture widespread; change needed

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are caught in a vicious cycle. With alarming regularity, the Nation is being subjected to a heartbreaking spate of violence that terrorizes the populace, fractures communities, and gives the government greater justifications to crack down, lock down, and institute even more authoritarian...

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Reader’s Voice: Safety first reason to vote yes

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April 25, 2022Dear editor; Vote yes on the June 28 Referendum to provide funding for OFPD (Oswego Fire Protection District) to keep up with our growing safety needs. In 2002, the only thing in town on Route 34 was farmland and the Home Depot and the population was approximately 15,000....

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Ask Grandpa: On children’s wearing masks at play reply

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the May 27, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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Phantom safety exchange for regulation false doctrine

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.” —Benjamin Franklin Beware of those who want to monitor, muzzle, catalogue, and censor, speech. Especially be on your guard when the reasons given for limiting your freedoms...

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Reader’s Voice: The answer: Intact mother/father

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May 14, 2022Dear editor; Sadly, now that warm weather is finally arriving, we will hear the weekend death count from local shootings in Chicago and the surrounding area precipitously grow. Predictably, on the first warm, three-day weekend, the body count will double. We are seeing more violence and robberies taking...

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Ask Grandpa: On forgiveness and keeping our noses safe

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the May 20, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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Government flags with score: Guilty until proven innocent

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in the United States will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. Without ever knowingly committed a crime, or been convicted of one, you and your fellow citizens likely have been assessed...

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Reader’s Voice: Message from candidate Bailey believable

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May 3, 2022Dear editor; My mailbox is being flooded with colorful propaganda disguised as campaign advertisement. Lies! It is propaganda from a candidate who has not shown his face to my County’s GOP? The mailers continue to have the same message on a different day Richard Irvin wants you to...

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Reader’s Commentary: On dignity, courtesy, and being against the Woke

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By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. Dignity is dead! We used to make an effort to use a level of civility with one another. We used research, built our case, made arguments, and bolstered arguments with facts. We attempted to educate, not malign. As an educator, I always discouraged students...

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Ask Grandpa: Reactions to talkative husband and sister

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the May 13, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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Obvious problem: Government wants to determine our rights

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Abortion on demand is the ultimate State tyranny.”—Ron Paul The government wants to play god. It wants the power to decide who lives or dies and whose rights are worthy of protection. Delve beneath the rhetoric and spin that have turned abortion into...

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Reader’s Voice: A response here to political attacks

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April 30, 2022Dear editor; “Conservatives Under Attack” claim they are victims of relentless attacks by social media, fake news media, federal agencies and the Democratic Party. Their remedies: Shrink the federal government. I learned in school that lack of government is chaos; secure the border with Mexico: Build the wall...

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Ask Grandpa: On insecurities and a wrong conclusion

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the May 6, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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Reader’s Voice: Blame reduced tax revenues

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April 22, 2022Dear editor; I found myself agreeing with much of what John and Nisha Whitehead said in their article in The Voice, April 21, Financial tyranny can stifle fiscal responsibility. Yes, our national debt is out of control and shameful. Just like most of us, the Whiteheads blame out...

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Disney-DeSantis war embellished by CRT influence

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One of the most utterly stupid events in a long line of utterly stupid events perpetrated by the GOP (unfortunately for them) took place in Florida, where Donald Trump wanna-be Ron “I’ll Cancel It If I Don’t Like It” DeSantis rejected math books for school children because they contained elements...

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Ask Grandpa: Methods, reasons, for venting do differ

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the April 29, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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SWAT teams cause problems with war-zone tactics

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “We’re all potential victims.”—Peter Christ, retired police officer It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by a loud noise. Someone or an army of someones has crashed through your front door. The...

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Reader’s Voice: Yorkville Library Mini-Golf great

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April 14, 2021Dear editor; I am a member of The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library, and it was my first Mini-Golf Fun Raiser Event Sunday, April 3. Before I started my shift, I had time to walk through the Library to see how the golf course set up. There...

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Reader’s Voice: Climate change solutions critical

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April 15, 2022Dear editor; By now, most of our senators and representatives in Congress as well as most of their constituents, believe that climate change is real and mostly human caused. But the short-term threats of high inflation, Eastern European instability, and the political posturing ahead of elections in November...

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Ask Grandpa: Ridiculous: Just holding the chicken check

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Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the April 22, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...

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