Category: Opinion

Comparisons uncanny: Police state in Jesus’ time, today

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead One way or another, the majority of Americans will survive COVID-19. It remains to be seen, however, whether our freedoms will survive the tyranny of the government’s heavy-handed response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, now that the government has gotten a taste for...

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Mayor Irvin: Enthusiasm and Experience Count

March 31, 2021Dear editor; The race among three candidates for Aurora mayor will boil down to our choice between incumbent mayor Richard Irvin and former East Aurora school board member, John Laesch. The third candidate, Judd Lofchie, is a nice person, but has gathered neither the grassroots nor financial resources...

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Judd Lofchie: Respectful, agreeable

March 26, 2021Dear editor; We have a mayoral election coming up April 6. I am voting for Judd Lofchie and this is why: • Judd Lofchie is respectful and listens to me and his constituents. By contrast Richard Irvin has behaved rudely toward me and others. I know it because...

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Yorkville Public Library celebrates Week

March 22, 2021Dear editor; The Yorkville Public Library will celebrate National Library Week April 4-10. The Library encourages all community members to stop for a visit whether in person, or through our website, and explore what the Library has to offer. National Library Week is a special time to highlight...

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On using death as a political tool

By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaAurora Using death to achieve political gain is something the political left and media have been doing to critical acclaim for a long time. It used to be taboo. Now it is a strategy, especially with Democrats. Enter Robert Long, a white male, and an admitted sex...

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Ask Grandpa: No foolin’; Spring brings out the child in us

Grandpa says: Happy April Fool’s Day. May you have a lovely Spring! Spring brings out the child in all of us and has for as long as man has been on this planet. As far back as ancient Egyptian legends of Isis, Osiris, and Seth, people have used the advent...

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On Spring, Oswego Senior Center strength, candidacy

March 15, 2021Dear editor; Spring was my mother’s favorite season. Spring meant new life and hope for brighter days after Winter’s dreary cold and snow. Spring is upon us now after a year of sheltering in our homes, hoping and praying for a way out to share time with family...

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Perhaps, soon, a new slogan will develop

March 18, 2021Dear editor; Thanks to news media reports, we all were made aware that COVID-19 virus vaccines, in part, are produced from fetal tissues harvested from abortion mills. In addition, that medical science institutions had their own agenda for abortion to be made legal in 1973. Perhaps, soon, a...

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On politics and gender identification

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Second in a series The first part is available at thevoice.us/on-sex-our-chromosomes-survival-gender-identity-politics-the-future Gender dysphoria is a rare psychological condition for some teens battle. With males, it occurs between .003-.014% of the population. In females it occurs less frequently at a rate of .002-.003% of the time. Teens...

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Ask Grandpa: Scammers pounce, avoidance best advice

Grandpa,Last March I filled out the census form and sent it in as required. Last week I got a telephone call informing me that I was in violation because the information I gave was not in accord with the information the government had on file. The caller said that I...

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No gray area remains in collection of building databit

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Databit by databit, we are building our own electronic concentration camps. With every new smart piece of smart technology we acquire, every new app we download, every new photo or post we share online, we are making it that much easier for the...

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Judy Siedlecki seeks votes in Oswego

March 8, 2021Dear editor; I am running for Village of Oswego Trustee. There are six of us candidates running for three open seats. If elected, my plan is to get up to speed as quickly as possible, and fill in the gaps between what I think I know and learn...

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On sex, our chromosomes, survival, gender identity, politics, the future

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Sex exists in nature for the development of new generations of diverse organisms within many species. The very important reason for sexual reproduction, in nature, is for the production of new and diverse populations of plants, animals, or for that matter, human beings. Diversity is important...

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Ask Grandpa: On the Promised Land, metals, other planets

Grandpa,I read about the belief that man either came from or had interactions with, benevolent beings from outer space and that there are metals found as far back as ancient Egypt that are proven to have come from other planets. The article did not go into great detail about these...

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Waubonsee group makes endorsements

March 15, 2021Dear editor; I am writing as a proud member of the Waubonsee Community College Faculty Council. We have unanimously endorsed Giselle Gonzalez and Sandra González for two Trustee seats in the upcoming April 6 election. Ms Giselle Gonzalez, @giselleforwcc, is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, a former student...

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Ask Grandpa: Answers to questions on previous columns

Grandpa,I realize that because your column has to be concise that you can’t go into depth on topics, but your assertion that Pope Urban II’s call November 27, 1095 (See The Voice, November 6, 2020) was prompted by imperialism, overlooks the real causes. During the 7th and 8th Centuries, Moslems...

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Predictions: Republican Party losses, Great Awakening

The coffee klatch at Julie’s Café Market asks: What’s going to happen in American politics over the next few years, now that Donald Trump has declared he plans to be the leader of the Republican Party? Here is my take. In sum, the Republican Party will survive, if at all,...

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Government continues to make mockery of Fourth Amendment

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Americans are not safe in their homes. Not anymore, at least. This present menace comes from the government and its army of bureaucratized, corporatized, militarized, mercenaries who are waging war on the last stronghold left to us as a free people: The sanctity...

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Ask Grandpa: On finding positive results from negativity

Grandpa,With all this election hype going on, I have advice given me years ago by my father. He told me that Republicans are biblebeating control freaks, Democrats are socialist-control freaks and Libertarians are burned out hippie freaks. Don’t vote for any of them. I am taking his advice. Grandpa says:...

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Police danger real threat, especially by U.S. Marshals

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The government should not be in the business of killing its citizens. Nevertheless, the U.S. government continues to act as judge, jury, and executioner, over a populace that has been pre-judged and found guilty, stripped of its rights, and left to suffer at...

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