Melissa Tittl – Producer, Writer, Investigative Journalist
Muscle memory is an amazing phenomenon. However, they say that by the time a man reaches middle age, while he still has the memory, he no longer has the…
As we approach Pandemic Year 2, it seems clear travel is not getting back to normal anytime soon, and we’re not going to be able to hold it. We all want to go some…
I get the ideas for these essays from a lot of directions. This one is the result of two words that I just received in an e-mail. Some younger friends and…
I’m generally not into conspiracy theories. I believe that we landed on the moon, that Elvis wasn’t an alien and is dead, and that the Earth is a…
How can an older man, who still appreciates beautiful young women, not be perceived as a creepy old guy? When you’re a young man and you get caught checking ou…
It’s been a long year when it comes to surveying the casualties of COVID-19. All the people who lost their lives not withstanding, this is a story about getti…
I know what it’s like to go without hugs for months. Maybe you’re alone in lockdown and missing hugs, too. It made me feel awful. I was carrying a kind of stress…
According to the New York Times, scientists at Columbia University have developed a treatment that blocks coronavirus in the nose and lungs, is inexpensi…
Retirees are not worried about money. We are worried about contracting COVID-19. Our children are not worried about COVID-19. They are worried about mone…
A traditional Chinese curse has become popular in America. I discovered, however, as a result of my in-depth research on my iPhone (a full two seconds) that…
It’s the first and may be the only time Tom Brady and Drew Brees will meet in the NFL playoffs. If it’s not the game of the century, it’s at least the Game of the Pa…
The NFL playoffs are upon us so it’s time to offer up our final Manopause Power Rankings for the 2020 season. And what better time to look ahead? We’ll still be…
His middle name was Perceval. He judged the first Miss America contest in 1922. He saw himself primarily as a storyteller in the Dickensian mode. He claimed…
Stories about the status of Baby Boomers like the one in today’s NY Times leave me cold. Who cares that the first boomers are turning 65? It doesn̵…
I miss travel. Not the airport part, nor the inevitable logjam whenever I try to motor my way to a client. That’s not travel; that’s self-inflicted torture.…
As the COVID pandemic enters its second year, we all look back at how travel has changed and lament over the “Good Olde Days.” As a permanent traveler for seve…
What does it take to save an elephant? It’s not an easy question and the answer is even more difficult. But while complex, what we do know is that we all have an i…
Not since the Great Depression has our nation experienced such a wide distribution of need throughout all socio-economic levels. It started out as a snowb…
