David E. Smith – The Voice

Reader’s Voice: Say no to assisted suicide in Illinois

On December 3, 2024December 3, 2024 By admin

November 19, 2024Dear editor; Should Illinois legalize assisted-suicide? Some state senators think so. If allowed, vulnerable individuals who are sick, elderly, disabled, and those with mental illness and dementia will become targets. As the father of a Downs Syndrome toddler, I am extremely alarmed by this proposal. No one should...

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Reader’s Voice: A drug emergency in Oregon

On February 13, 2024February 12, 2024 By admin

February 8, 2024Dear editor; In 2020, Oregon voters decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost every hard drug. Progressives campaigned in support of this ballot measure, insisting that their state should help treat addiction rather than punish it. The measure passed with 58 percent support. Now, Oregon’s governor has declared...

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Reader’s Voice: Governor Pritzker priorities misplaced

On January 23, 2024January 22, 2024 By admin

January 16, 2024Dear editor; Illinois governor JB Pritzker is back grandstanding for the news media, complaining about the immigration crisis trickling up to Illinois. In October 2023, Pritzker sent an open letter to president Joe Biden begging for federal tax resources to deal with the so-called “asylum seekers” being bussed...

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Reader’s Voice: Crush at southern border ‘untenable’

On October 10, 2023October 9, 2023 By admin

October 5, 2023Dear editor; In his letter to president Joe Biden, governor JB Pritzker complained about the refugees being bussed to Chicago from Texas and how federal aid hasn’t kept up. Pritzker rightly points out that the situation is “untenable.” Immigrants are sleeping in police stations, airports, and temporary shelters,...

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Reader’s Voice: Situation at Mexican border alarming

On May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 By admin

May 15, 2023Dear editor; Can the incompetence of the Joe Biden administration be any clearer than the alarming humanitarian situation we have on the Mexico border? Estimates show thousands of immigrants are coming across the border every day. The current situation is out of control and dangerous. A robust, well-regulated...

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Reader’s Voice: Civil liberties, not the mandates

On October 19, 2021October 18, 2021 By admin

October 13, 2021Dear editor; Truth is vitally important to Christians such as I am (Proverbs 23:23; John 14:6), and I am adamantly convinced that our political leaders are exaggerating where we are (and have been) with this COVID-19 pandemic. It may be cynical of me to say, but many of...

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OpinionDavid E. Smith Illinois Family Institute Marijuana Opinion Reader's Voice

Just say no to drugs still sensible

On January 7, 2020January 13, 2020 By admin

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...

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