Opinion
The United States is in the throes of a housing crisis. Estimates indicate that we face a shortage of 6.5 million homes. As The Whistle detailed two weeks ago in part one of our three-part series on housing, Leavenworth is uniquely challenged.
Like a Rubik's Cube almost too complex to tease into...
A few years ago, I purchased a small box of tree-ripened peaches directly from a farmer. They were perfectly ripe, ready to eat fresh, and I wanted to make peach cobbler. My paternal grandmother often made fruit cobbler by putting tablespoonfuls of drop biscuit dough onto a fresh fruit filling. Her...
Yesterday, my sister-in-law Ann called me for advice. She’s suffering from allergies.
“My nose is so stuffed up, I have to breathe through my mouth. I’ve been taking a decongestant, but it isn't working. Can you develop an immunity to Sudafed®?”
“When you got the last box of Sudafed®, did you pick...
Over the next month, The Whistle will offer a three-part series on the challenges of affordable housing. This week, we’ll provide context. Next, we’ll review the city’s initiatives and analyze effectiveness. In the final column, we’ll peer into the future with a quiver of options and practical...
When Donna was first diagnosed with blood clots in her lungs 20 years ago, she took a common blood thinner for over 10 years with no problems. Then her doctor told her that she could stop taking it, so she did. Five years later, Donna was back in the Emergency Department with trouble breathing....
Q: I always get a sheet of printed information with every new prescription and refill. I usually throw them away without reading them because the print is too small. Why do I get these?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants you to be informed about important facts about your medicines so you...
Leavenworth is buzzing after the July 25 council session where over 100 citizens attended in person and via zoom. I had not planned to swap the series of columns we’ve started on affordable housing for a pool swap column, but if we can check relevant facts and provide analysis, we’ll step up. We...
In last week’s Echo, the community groups who came together to host the Candidate Forum received harsh criticism from Celeste Peterson in her editorial letter, “Listening Not Whistling in Leavenworth for All”. Peterson claimed that those who worked hard to develop the Candidate Forum should...
Q: What’s the difference between enriched and fortified foods, and how did they get that way?
Starting in the 1920s, the federal government addressed several diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies by encouraging manufacturers to add certain nutrients to specific foods.
The earliest example of...
At the Mayoral Forum on July 10, one hundred twenty sweltering citizens seemed startled at times as the drama unfolded over an hour and a half of back and forth between the moderator and candidates. The community was left wondering. What are Rich Brinkman’s ties to Projekt Bayern? Is Carl Florea...
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