January 19, 2020 Dear editor; Kneeling is a sign instituted by God. It is not a sin, nor a crime. Those who interpret it as a protest coming from low class, common fans, should be fired. The backlash to the press corp and its owners should be addressed from church
By Angela Clay Thomas The start of this year is the beginning of a new decade which means it’s a census year. Article 1 Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution calls for a census, or count, of every man, woman, and child living in the United States every 10 years.
Grandpa,I got a phone call a few minutes ago from someone claiming to be from the county telling me that my voter registration has expired. They offered to re-register me over the phone. I needed to answer just a few questions to verify my identity. I said I do not
By Silvia Cruz Earlier last week we received wonderful news from Chicago Loyola University regarding my daughter, Alexis Cortez, Class of 2017 from Aurora Central Catholic High School. Following graduation after applying and getting accepted into seven universities, Alexis decided to stay in the Chicago area and attend Loyola University
By John W. Whitehead “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution We never learn. In the right (or wrong) hands, benevolent plans
January 11, 2020Dear editor; Experience is the top of the list of writers, a virtue I have practiced and promoted. Errors occur when updates of information are not researched. Usually no changes are found. My membership in the LWV (League of Women Voters) only lasted several months. There was nothing
January 7, 2020Dear editor; I enjoyed the responses to the question of the week in the December 26 issue, “What is the best holiday gift you have received?” It brought to mind a question I used to ask my students right after Winter break when I was teaching: “What is
January 11, 2020Dear editor; Donna Crane’s three-part series in The Voice, at thevoice.us/sheet-music-intact-survives-holocaust-75-years-later, about the music of the Holocaust pointed out how the music composed by victims of the Holocaust is being collected and performed. I had missed the 60 Minutes broadcast that she wrote about. I was so impressed
It’s déjà vu all over again, as baseball great, Yogi Berra, used to say. 2002: The George W. Bush administration requested Afghanistan to surrender Osama bin Laden so that he might stand trial for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. The Taliban-dominated government in Kabul responded
Grandpa,My girlfriend is pregnant. She is 15. I am 14. We are both afraid to tell our parents. Is it legal for us to get her an abortion without her parents giving permission? Who do we contact? Grandpa says: Because you both made the error in judgment about birth control,
By John W. Whitehead It’s time to bring our troops home. Bring them home from Somalia, Afghanistan, 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 them home from
January 3, 2020Dear editor; What was Illinois lieutenant governor Juliana Stratton thinking when she purchased recreational marijuana in Chicago on the first day of its legal sales in Illinois? Does she not understand that as a public official she is setting a reckless and foolish example, especially for children and
December 26, 2019Dear editor; Summer is on the way and the cry of play ball soon will be heard every where. I urge all young persons to get out and enjoy the great American past time. The Village of North Aurora has an excellent program and I urge those who
Grandpa,My son is divorced from his wife of (very few) years. It was his first marriage and her (not first). Today his former step son, who is (in his teens) called on me to ask a favor. (Grandpa is withholding certain identifying information). I was never very close to this
By John W. Whitehead Twenty years into the 21st Century, and what do we have to show for it? Government corruption, tyranny, and abuse, have propelled us at warp speed towards a full-blown police state in which egregious surveillance, roadside strip searches, police shootings of unarmed citizens, censorship, retaliatory arrests,
December 23, 2019Dear editor; Here is the debate on Christmas Holy Day vs. holiday proceeds, we need to analyze the benefits derived from it that all share. If the Pope were to mandate a change in the recognition of the birth of Jesus Christ to September based on new evidence
December 24, 2019Dear editor; Oh my, what a fiasco that took up so much time. I call her Nasty, Nutty, Nancy. She is so angry, she’s grasping at straws. She shakes like she has an essential tremor problem, or Parkinson’s disease. Maybe she should crawl back into her Fenced in
