Category: Opinion

U.S. government has the means and muscle for detention

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead It’s no longer a question of whether the government will lock up Americans for defying its mandates but when. The following is what we know: The government has the means, the muscle, and the motivation, to detain individuals who resist its orders and

The argument should be to make America free again

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The Constitution of the United States represents the classic solution to one of humankind’s greatest political problems: That is, how does a small group of states combine into a strong union without the states losing their individual powers and surrendering their control over

Reader’s Commentary: Gullibility remains a human frailty

By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. Notably: “97.5% of scientists agree with whoever is funding them,’’ wrote Susan Capitano-Hooker. And so it goes in the marriage between science and government these days. Politicians on the left don’t miss opportunities, blaming human generated CO2 for every weather related catastrophe. We’re supposed

Reader’s Commentary: Questions on bad hospital food

By Evelyn EsslingAurora, Ill. AMITA Health Mercy Medical Center must have the largest amount of waste food in their garbage collection bins. Unfortunately, my husband had to be a guest in that place more times than we care to remember.. Starting in June 2019 he was in for, what the

Endless war clearly not in best interest of the U.S.

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead It’s time to bring all our troops home. Bring them home from Somalia, Iraq and Syria. Bring them home from Germany, South Korea, and Japan. Bring them home from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Oman. Bring them home from Niger, Chad, and Mali. Bring

Reader’s Voice: Innovative carbon tax best solution

August 29, 2021Dear editor; Our national (and global) climate crisis is becoming more visible now. Some Republican leaders in Congress are shifting their posture amid deadly heat waves, devastating drought and ferocious wildfires that have bludgeoned their districts. Even senator Rick Scott (R) of Florida said he wants to address

Government assaults on Fourth Amendment rights continue

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The government has a history of shamelessly exploiting national emergencies for its own nefarious purposes. Terrorist attacks, mass shootings, civil unrest, economic instability, pandemics, natural disasters: The government has been taking advantage of such crises for years in order to gain greater power

Reader’s Voice: Reflection, rebuttal, of previous letters

August 15, 2021Dear editor; After reading the challenge to a previous week’s contributor by Joan Solms in the August 12 issue of The Voice (thevoice.us/readers-voice-a-challenge-to-writer-to-meet), I was prompted to retrieve my copy of the August 5 issue in an effort to identify and understand what sort of reprehensible contribution I