December 21, 2020Dear editor; Speaking of Christmas, who is? It is not the media as a limited fact. Christmas has been hijacked, replaced, by happy holidays. Why? Christmas is not spelled in the plural. It is one day to honor the birth of Jesus Christ. The actual date is still
December 28, 2020Dear editor; As we come to the end of a truly challenging year, I extend to all a joyous holiday season. Many of us have experienced illness, financial hardship, isolation, and various adversities, but we made it through 2020. Good riddance! Despite these challenging times we faced together,
December 18, 2021Dear editor; I often enjoy Charles Coddington’s writings, but I just had to answer his fantasies about the origins of Christianity in The Voice December 3 (https://thevoice.us/historical-context-explicated-of-evangelical-christians) and 17 (https://thevoice.us/birth-death-miracle-of-jesus-some-facts-examined). There is no evidence that Saul of Tarsus was a Zealot. I believe Chas wrote the articles to
December 18, 2020Dear editor; In response to Frank Patterson’s letter in the December 17 issue of The Voice (thevoice.us/objection-to-recent-readers-commentary): Mr. Patterson thinks it is “hooey” the Democratic Party has become the home of Big tech billionaires, globalists, socialists, Marxists, BLM, antifa, and main stream media. Perhaps he needs to do
December 11, 2020Dear editor; Mr. Bela “Bill” Suhayda makes a lot of allegations in his commentary in the December 10 Reader’s Commentary of The Voice, “Democratic Party change dismantles” (thevoice.us/democratic-party-change-dismantles) but much of what he writes sounds just like something off an internet blog or a crackpot radio station. In
Here is a correction to this Reader’s Voice The Moderna final phase study came up with 196 cases (not the 19 listed incorrectly) of COVID-19. One individual among the 30 severe cases did die, which was listed. Mary Goetsch wrote in the addendum that she calculated the incidence rate of
November 18, 2020Dear editor; Some Illinois lawmakers are proposing to amend the Illinois State Board of Education teacher standards by infusing Critical Race Theory and The 1619 Project into teacher training/education and Illinois public school classrooms. Critical Race Theory implies that all people who were born with white skin are
November 6, 2020Dear editor; As the pandemic continues to ravage the country, now is the time for senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin of Illinois to support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells. Because animals are removed from the process,
November 5, 2020Dear editor; Is there an award for being a loser? The COVID-19 replaced the anti-abortion issue which, for decades, was a top issue. How to create silence and displacement of the right-to-life moral values finally has been found, or, invented: A flu. The fatalities of COVID-19 are tragic,
November 9, 2020Dear editor; Oh happy day! Dignity, decency, democracy have won the day. The groundswell of excitement and inspirational American unity displayed and felt around the world over the past weekend from the results of this presidential election has put a soothing hush over the past four years and
October 24, 2020Dear editor; What’s in name? Your roots, or, heritage? Maybe, certainly, your work, success, or failure, are lacking. I am analyzing Barbara Hernandez, State representative, 83rd District, Aurora, North Aurora, by political patronage. My last name is (Von) Solms, a German name, however, I am 100% Polish. My
October 17, 2020Dear editor; Although Kane County residents face devastating losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, David Rickert, the Kane County treasurer and Republication Party nominee for Kane County Board chair, has stated rather odd priorities: Funding for nature preservation, better coordination of transportation projects, and relief from unfunded State mandates.
October 15, 2020Dear editor; I am writing in strong support of Mavis Bates, candidate for Kane County Board District 4. There are many reasons why I support Mavis Bates, but the primary ones are: Mavis has a long history of volunteer community service. She literally has donated thousands of hours
September 22, 2020Dear editor; President Donald Trump, you have had almost four years to lead the United States and have failed us by your own choosing. Whether it be in foreign policy and domestic policy you have not protected the United States as commander-in chief. We see and read news
October 2, 2020Dear editor; If senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin care about animal welfare, they should support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering non-humans. It has the potential to save billions and billions of creatures every year
October 5, 2020Dear editor; The traffic noise that comes from Orchard Road into Sans Souci on Aurora’s West Side and other residential areas north and south along Orchard, is one of the biggest quality of life issues in Kane County District 4. This otherwise quiet neighborhood sounds just like the
September 24, 2020Dear editor; When I watched the candidates for Kane County Board chair speak at the recent election forum, I felt as if they were engaging in two different conversations. Corinne Pierog was talking about unmet needs, policy ideas, and making the budget serve the needs of the people.
August 22, 2020Dear editor; The Farm System Reform Act, a bill championed by Cory Booker, which would ban factory farms, should include funding for cultured-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. This technology would ameliorate many problems the Farm System Reform
Friday, Sept. 11Dear editor; As a mother of three children and an elementary school teacher, I often had children bring me stories that my immediate response was “Who told you that?” It was often followed by a lot of whataboutisms. “What about Billy, he was in the fight also….” “No
September 10,Dear editor; I am writing in response to my survey that arrived in the mail recently. Stop this mud-slinging. After the election is over, you should not campaign for the next election. Your job is to run the government. You should do what they do in Canada and have
