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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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:...
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...
Grandpa,Can you tell me the origin of these words and the appropriate use of them; (Grandpa chose not to publish the words and phrases). Grandpa says: Can I? Yes. Will I? No. Profanity is not part of Grandpa’s chosen syntax. There is no appropriate use for these words, or phrases...
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell It is the slippery slope that leads to the end of free speech as we once knew it. In a...
February 12, 2021Dear editor; Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth should support public funding for cultured-meat research, with the goal of making the cell-grown, slaughter-free protein competitive with factory-farmed meat. Israeli startup Future Meat Technologies recently announced its ability to produce a quarter pound of cultured chicken for $7.50....
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda It’s been four years of nonstop harassment and attacks on Donald Trump. It all ended, at least for now, in a second acquittal in his second impeachment trial. The charge against him this time was “incitement of insurrection.” The charge was alluded to by Nancy Pelosi...
Grandpa,I don’t know if this is a scam or if “authorities” in Chicago are just reaching out beyond their legal boundaries again. Every year at this time I get a cold. It has been happening for years and it is just a part of life with which I deal and...
Adam Kinzinger, Donald Trump, Big Money, the GOP, a lot to handle in one column. But I can do it, because each is a different-colored thread in a single piece of cloth. North-central Illinois GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger (16th District, with offices in Rockford, Ottawa, and Watseka) has been sharply...
As longtime residents of Aurora Township, it is clear to us the only qualified candidate for Township supervisor is Bill Catching. Bill has performed admirably in his position and truly represented the entire community effectively and selflessly. He has the experience and the slate of candidates to continue to be an effective servant of the Township and its residents...
February 8, 2021Dear editor; We need COVID-19 relief now and with democracy returned to the White House we’re going to get it. President Joe Biden ran on and is pursuing a $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief bill as rapidly as he can make it happen. A compromise from the other side...
Grandpa says: Grandpa wishes to thank loyal readers of The Voice. With your loyalty and indulgence, Grandpa is, as of today, entering his 10th year responding to the pulse of our varied readership. I look forward to serving you for many years to come. Grandpa,I was at the hospital for...
January 29, 2021Dear editor; My husband, Stan, and I went to Rush-Copley in Aurora today, for our COVID-19 vaccines and it was so easy. We wish the whole country will get vaccinations so we can get well. Our doctor signed us up January 14 with appointments to receive the vaccines...
