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TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin America, a nation of time-saving fanatics. American, a nation of time-wasting freaks. In the days of old, consumers visited the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. …
Editorial: Are you a time saver or a time-waster? Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Yes, Pete the Cat is lying on his video about a groovy new year. “While Pete tries to figure out what a New Year’s resolution is, he forgets …
Step away from resolutions for 2020 Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin There’s a certain gift that most of us want. We desperately seek it. We long for it. We ask for it every Christmas and even throughout …
Editorial: The gift nobody gets Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Journalists are jailed around the globe. How can it be? First Amendment aggressions are occurring in the United States. How can it be? Devious despots misusing …
Editorial: When freedom of the press is silenced or imprisoned Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy UTBA Column By Melissa Martin Parents use Elf on the Shelf as a surveillance device to ensure younger children are behaving during the holidays. But what about a …
Editorial: Grouch on the couch Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin I don’t like the mischievous elf on or off the shelf. There, I said it. Some parents may wag their tongues and refer to me as …
Editorial: Pesky Elf on the Shelf is back Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin After I bought a bag of Nestle’s Dove milk chocolate candies, intrigue set in as I read the phrases on shiny wrappers. The neurons in my …
Editorial: My chocolate dream job Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Hurried holiday humans rev up everyone in the near vicinity and beyond. How can you spot the marathon shopping mothers? They’re the ones with the lazed …
Editorial: Try to relax during holiday hubbub Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin “Let them eat cake” is a phrase attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette. But we want turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and all the tantalizing trimmings on …
Editorial: Let them eat pie Read More
TweetPinSharevictoriagreenerphotography.com Column By Melissa Martin Instead of a frazzled freak-out around the hectic holidays, what about trying laughter. Not hysterical ‘lose your mind’ chortling or ‘milk coming out of your …
Editorial: Humor for holiday stress Read More