By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove After my first microbiology class in college, I realized there were at least a thousand ways I would come into contact with microbes on a daily basis. There is an inevitability to living with germs. They are all around us, on us, and inside of...
I had lunch the other day with two friends from way back. When we sat down at a public golf course in Prophetstown in northwest Illinois, I realized each of us has been president of a respected statewide organization over many decades. There might be a column here, I thought....
Grandpa,You have said before that the Quran and the Bible both give the same message. I have just started reading the Quran and already have found that you are dead wrong! The Quran said that God told Adam the names of all the animals and asked Adam to repeat the...
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a convenient, traumatic, devastating, distraction. The American people, the permanent underclass in the United States, have allowed themselves to be so distracted and divided that they have failed to notice the building blocks of tyranny being laid...
August 6, 2021Dear editor; Although now retired from a successful career in scientific research, I remain a scientist. I believe in science and all those who have contributed their scientific expertise in an effort to address and eliminate this COVID-19 pandemic which is upon us. Based upon the conclusions and...
August 6, 2021Dear editor; The letter appearing in last week’s issue of The Voice, authored by Marjorie Logman, thevoice.us/readers-voice-climbing-the-steps-finds-truth, Climbing the steps finds truth, is a dirty joke aimed at Christians and veterans and it needs a slap back. Margie claims we are basing our ideologies on “untruths” (lies). Is...
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda In response to Wayne E. Johnson, July 22 in The Voice, thevoice.us/the-big-time-vaccination-received-instead-of-refused, the big time: Vaccine received, instead of refused: Americans have felt free to decide what they should or should not put into their bodies, until very recent history. We’ve assumed government respected our autonomy...
Trying to have a civil discourse with some proponents of vaccination is an exasperating exercise in futility. They delight in using name-calling as part of their “argument,” castigating opponents’ mental health, sense of morality, political affiliation, I.Q. level, and/or sexual orientation. What most pro-vaxxers fail to realize is that the...
Grandpa says: Wow! I never suspected that The Voice reached all the way to Africa. The following is an actual letter that Grandpa received by E-mail. I cut and pasted it exactly as it presented. See if you can find all the clues that this is a scam. Look closely....
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Imagine it: A national classification system that not only categorizes you according to your health status, but allows the government to sort you in a hundred other ways: By gender, orientation, wealth, medical condition, religious beliefs, political viewpoint, legal status. It is the...
July 31, 2021Dear editor; There is a movement in the Country that includes some Republicans, some Christians, and some veterans that concern me. The movement is not debatable because most of its ideology is based on untruths. It reminds me of when I was a little girl and the neighborhood...
July 30, 2021Dear editor; Some individuals make bad decisions based on faulty logic. For instance, when deciding between wearing a mask, or a ventilator, they’re pretty sure a mask makes their butt look bigger. All joking aside, it’s time to sleeve up, mask up, and vaccinate. The life you save...
By Mary GoetschAurora As readers of Grandpa’s column know, emotions have been stirred about the subject of jury duty (thevoice.us/ask-grandpa-justice-system-valid-on-real-perseverance). The July 1 anonymous writer didn’t know the whole picture of a senior not willing to serve. Before judging my character negatively, I ask consideration for what the U.S. Constitution...
Grandpa says: Grandpa recently received information from the attorney general advising of a COVID-19 survey scam. The OAG wrote, “consumers are reportedly receiving unsolicited E-mails and text messages asking them to complete a survey about the Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca vaccine. In exchange, consumers are offered a free product, but...
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead It is time to recalibrate the government. For years, we have suffered the injustices, cruelties, corruption and abuse of an entrenched government bureaucracy that has no regard for the Constitution or the rights of the citizenry. By “government,” I’m not referring to the...
July 26, 2021Dear editor;A word to the wise is sufficient: Vaccinate!Judy Siedlecki, Oswego...
Grandpa,I recently saw another one of those web sites hawking the benefits of certain herbs and plant-based products that are supposed to cure type two diabetes so the patient does not need to use insulin ever again. The web site is (withheld by Grandpa.) There is a list of (several)...
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead History has a funny way of circling back on itself. The facts, figures, faces, and technology, may change from era to era, but the dangers remain the same. This year is no different, whatever the politicians and talking heads may say to the...
July 15, 2021Dear editor, Following the announcement of the resignation of legislative inspector general (IG) Carol Pope, State representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) released the following statement: “Legislative inspector general Pope’s resignation letter speaks to the glaring issues that prevent this position from providing meaningful accountability in the General Assembly. Illinoisans...
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove I’m almost sure most of you remember March 2020. Closing down a country tends to create an indelible memory of dates and events. During that month, executives of Silicon Valley met with officials in Washington, D.C. to determine how much Americans would be allowed to...
