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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If we really, truly, love our grandchildren, or our children, or somebody else’s grandchildren, then we must take responsibility and begin to show our love for them through our actions. It is time for us to take care of the earth, because, if we don’t, the earth will no longer
April 1, 2022Dear editor; April 23, America’s Army Reserve will celebrate the generations of soldiers who, like many patriots before them, embraced their roles as citizen soldiers, and continue their proud and distinguished legacy of service in the Army Reserve. Through the interwar years, WWII, the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam,
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 15, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton, or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.”—Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department Police violence has not lessened. Police shootings have not abated. Police reforms have
By Mary GoetschAurora, Ill. This commentary is addressed to pharmacist Larry Frieders who writes a health column each month in The Voice. Your columns make more sense to me than most medical doctors, including the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Presentation), FDA (Food and Drug Administration, and even WHO
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 8, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Once again, the programming has changed. Just like clockwork, the wall-to-wall news coverage of the latest crisis has shifted gears. We have gone from COVID-19 lockdowns to Trump-Biden election drama to the Russia-Ukraine crisis to the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings to Will
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. What would you think if you asked a person what the weather was going to be tomorrow who answered, “I don’t know, I’m not a meteorologist? You probably would think they were joking…right? There was a question asked of candidate for U.S. Supreme Court
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 1, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead No matter how much money the government pulls in, it’s never enough, so the government has come up with a new plan to make it even easier for its agents to seize Americans’ bank accounts. Make way for the digital dollar. In an
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 March 18, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Barely three years into the 2020s, and we seem to be living out the prophesies of the Book of Revelation with its dire warnings about plague, poverty, hatred, and war. Just as the government hysteria over the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be dying
