Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the February 4, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By Larry FriedersBatavia, Ill. Are these the Golden Years? There’s always a wiseacre who will chime in with something such as, “Golden my patoot. I gotta decide between paying for drugs or food,” or something similar. Some believe that our latter years are fearful and they’re quick to share that
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the January 28, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By Tom HarcusAurora, Ill. Most will miss Christmas this year! As crazy as it might sound, most will miss Christmas. Some time ago I read an article that published the responses from its readers regarding the true meaning of Christmas. Readers offered their definitive and very wide range of thoughts.
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the December 12, 2019 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the December 3, 2020 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
By State senator Steve Stadelman Democracy dies in darkness. Those words underscore the masthead of The Washington Post every day. Sadly, the light journalism brings to many communities in Illinois and across the country is dimming. In the past 15 years or so, more than 2,000 newspapers around the country
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the November 26, 2020 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the passing of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the November 5, 2020 column. The Thanksgiving Gratitude column will run in
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are living in an age of mayhem, madness, and monsters. Monsters with human faces walk among us. Many of them work for the U.S. government. What we are dealing with today is an authoritarian beast that has outgrown its chains and will
By Bela “Bill’ SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. I’m beginning to realize who among us would have hidden Anne Frank and who would have turned her in to the Nazis. Mandates carry more weight these days than laws or constitutional rights. How close are we to putting bounties on the heads of
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
Editor’s note: Here is the second week of the Ask Grandpa column without Grandpa since the death of conductor of this column. Last week we ran several items which did not make it in the previous 503 columns by the person who requested to keep an identity from public view.
October 6, 2021Dear editor; Two recent national news headlines give us a depressing reminder of our addiction to fossil fuels, and climate change: • “Major oil spill off California coast threatens wetlands and wildlife.” • “Toxic foam dumped into southern Illinois coal mine in attempt to extinguish fire, but toxins
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. The largest genocide didn’t happen in Nazi Germany, Stalin’s Russia, or Mao’s China. It occurs every day in the uteri of women in today’s world. We, in the U.S., destroy close to a million lives every year without a breath or a whimper. Out
Grandpa says:Beloved readers, I have enjoyed writing this column for so many years. Of all the articles, columns, manuals, stories, songs, jingles, and other things I have written, my association with The Voice has been the most personally fulfilling in my career. I am truly blessed to be a part
Grandpa,When my husband was alive, he took great pains to raise our only son to be smart with his money. Both men were very good money managers. When my husband passed, I felt confident having my son manage my affairs. He has been doing it now for (several) years. I
Grandpa,I am not trying to bash anybody which my buddy does, but he showed me something in the Quran that I can’t explain. He hates anyone who is not just like him and his current target is anyone of Middle Eastern decent. He showed me a passage that clearly says
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
Grandpa,My son’s wife ruined our holiday celebration. Every year we cook out and spend the afternoon at home playing games in the yard. She has two bratty, little, snips from her first marriage. Last year she left the little brats at her parents’ house when she came over here. This
