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TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald Column By Melissa Martin Picturesque views of sky, sea, and sand. Oceanic experiences with wet creatures, lush vegetation, and tropical trends. Soothing sounds, salty smells, and …
Living in paradise comes with a price Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Physical pain. Emotional pain. Spiritual pain. Take a poetry pill, rub on a soothing balm in the form of a poem, or write rhyming or non-rhyming …
Poetry as medicine Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Walt Mares Column By Walt Mares It is the early 1960s. The location is the high-altitude San Luis Valley that straddles the Colorado-New Mexico border and it …
A childhood memory Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin It’s so curious to me how society is blazing with controversy on gun control, but not on video games that depict characters killing each other with guns. …
Fortnite, another violent video game Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 34, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. A 2017 study (JAMA …
Suicide contagion and teens Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin My grandmother’s and mother’s generation believed medical doctors were the gods of medicine. Physicians were always right—and not to be challenged on diagnoses or treatment. Medical school …
How to talk so your doctor will listen Read More
TweetPinShareThis photograph shows, from left, Henry Ford, Thomas Alva Edison, and Harvey Samuel Firestone – the fathers of modernity – meeting together Feb. 11, 1929. Photo c/o Herbert Hoover Library. …
Should I invest in Ford and General Electric? Read More
TweetPinShareWarning: This uncensored article is about what is eliminated in the toilet after digestion. Column By Melissa Martin Why is talking about poo taboo? Yes, I’m writing about bowel movements. …
Let’s talk about a taboo topic that everybody does Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Nike Inc.: Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is featured in this new Nike ad for the 30th anniversary of the company’s “Just Do It” campaign. Ask …
Did Nike drop from $500 to $80 because of the Kaepernick ad? Read More
TweetPinShareEditorial By Jon Johnson The attack on Pearl Harbor; the assassination of President John F. Kennedy – for those generations, those moments in history are forever ingrained. For my generation, …
9/11; may we never forget Read More