Category: Political

Reader’s Commentary: Democrats have not stopped Donald Trump

By Robert MangersYorkville, Ill. After reading the column by Charles Coddington (Chas) in the August 1 edition of The Voice, I feel compelled to respond to his many points. Please bare with me because I’m not a writer and kind of out of my element. First, I’m not a fan

Reader’s Commentary: In defense of Donald Trump; against recent attacks

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda I’ve had an unfortunate experience reading an arrogant, hate-filled conspiracy piece in the August 1 edition of The Voice, page 6. It was in the “musings about hate and assassinations” section written by “The Chas” Coddington. One ridiculous assertion of the piece dealt with the attempted

Rules, procedures, apply for political party nominees

The League of Women Voters of the United States, as a member organization of the National Task Force on Election Crises, released the following statement on the Democratic Party’s replacing its presumptive presidential nominee: “While a major party’s presumptive nominee withdrawing his presidential candidacy is an extraordinary occurrence, rules and

Reader’s Commentary: A challenge to return to civil discourse

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda My family arrived here in the United States in 1957 during the Eisenhower administration. We were refugees from communist Hungary, one of many countries under Russian occupation behind the iron curtain. We escaped a totalitarian regime that thought nothing of executing their people or political rivals

Democrats rally around Harris candidacy

By Andrew Adams & Peter Hancocknews@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois Democrats, after initially being split on whether to immediately endorse vice president Kamala Harris’ bid to replace president Joe Biden on the party ticket in November, began rallying around her Monday this week. Governor JB Pritzker, along with Illinois’ U.S. senators, Tammy Duckworth