September 4, 2022Dear editor; Thank you, Yorkville, for supporting your Yorkville Public Library by attending and purchasing books, puzzles, CDs, and DVDs at the Friends of the Library 14th Used Book Sale held over Labor Day weekend. All proceeds go directly to support and promote programs and services at the
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 September 9, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By John & Nisha Whitehead The American kleptocracy, a government ruled by thieves, continues to suck the American people down a rabbit hole into a parallel universe in which the U.S. Constitution is meaningless, the government is all-powerful, and the citizenry is powerless to defend itself against government agents who
August 22, 2022Dear editor; Reading about the mosquito abatement spraying in the Oswego Village Newsletter, makes me wonder if that control is what has eliminated our butterflies and bees this year? I read a letter to the editor from Ken Mozingo in the local newspapers, Ledger and The Voice, that
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 September 2, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By John & Nisha Whitehead “A standing military force, with an overgrown executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.” —James Madison The IRS has stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition in recent years, including 621 shotguns, 539 long-barrel rifles, and 15 submachine guns. The Veterans
August 16, 2022Dear editor; Aurora Noon Lions Club just celebrated a big birthday: A century of service. The occasion was marked during a 100th anniversary celebration July 26 at Gaslite Manor Banquets in Aurora. It featured a centennial banquet, recognitions by the City of Aurora and Lions Clubs International, and
August 22, 2022Dear editor; Fear emboldens right-wing forces that make and use unjust laws to silence the vast majority who support reproductive justice, including the right to choose if and when to have children. Let’s continue to raise our voices and organize! It’s going to take a bold intersectional democratic
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 August 26, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
August 8, 2022Dear editor; The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a national health emergency. The first case was diagnosed May 19. By June 3, there were 21 cases and now, we are up to more than 10,000. What did authorities do to prevent the first few cases from spreading? If
There are a couple of things I want to get out of the way. Recently, Mr. Bill “QAnon” Suhayda descended from the mother ship (where he’s been busy deflecting Jewish space lasers and, with the My Pillow Guy, searching through cyberspace to find the missing Trump votes hijacked from Dominion
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 August 19, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
August 4, 2022Dear editor; In the June 30 edition of The Voice, Deena Sherman wrote “Change in Roe v. Wade requires understanding and action.” She mentions “The God of the Christian Faith does not work through the law, but through the Gospel of salvation through grace.” God does deal with
August 6, 2022Dear editor; I hate to see your fine publication being used to spread false propaganda, so a response is necessary. In his July 30 letter to the editor, published August 4, Leonard Wass claimed that the U.S. is third in the world in murders, but that if one
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 August 12, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
July 30, 2022Dear editor; Once again The Voice published letters filled with emotional blathering. This time regarding gun control. There’s a solid solution which would end all such gun control debate. The following facts clearly point to the problem and the solution: • International statistics show the USA is third
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Here are responses to Judy Siedlecki, Marjorie Logman, Wayne Johnson! Judy Siedlecki wrote, “In Uvalde (Texas), the myth that a good guy with a gun is all you need against a bad guy with a gun was demolished when 14 good guys in the school with
By now, unless you’ve been living in a cave or Washington, D.C., you’ve come to realize that climate change is real. It happens every few thousand years due to the Earth’s wobble on its axis. That’s just life in the big city and there’s nothing Earthlings can do about it.
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 August 5, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
July 21, 2022Dear editor; I see that Charles Coddington in The Voice July 14 asserted that the U.S. Supreme Court justices were incorrect in their decision with Roe V. Wade. He asserts that some legal scholars, none of which he names, may be full of fluff. He uses “pretzel-like” language
