Opinion
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...
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...
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...
What would you do to save a life?
Would you dash into a burning house? Dive into deep water? Take down a mass shooter? Many of you would go to extraordinary extremes - even at great personal peril - not only for your fellow man but for any creature in distress whose continued existence rested with...
Dear Editor,
While there are many wonderful cosmetics companies that do not test on animals, there are still some companies that use these cruel and unnecessary tests for their products. Non-animal test methods and thousands of safe ingredients already exist for companies to use for their cosmetics...
Mike Maltais
Robert LeMay, the Washington State Patrol trooper who became somewhat of a public figure for not only defying a COVID-19 vaccination mandate imposed by Gov. Jay Inslee, but also for inviting the Gov. to kiss his hind parts, lost his job as a result of his defiance last October.
LeMay gave up his 22...
Randy Agnew, Mayor of Rock Island
Aaron Viebrock assured everyone at the public meetings on April 6th that the commissioners had not “made up their minds” regarding the proposed new rates for high load users. But listening to the discussion of the commissioners after the public comment period was closed, it sure didn’t sound that...
I opened my email this morning to read an article by none other than the New York Times regarding the wisdom of “coronavirus absolutism.” Their lead on the article is:
“In a public health emergency, absolutism is a very tempting response: People should cease all behavior that creates additional...
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