Columns by Martha Brockenbrough

Columnist Martha Brockenbrough

In her columns, Martha takes an offbeat look at the big, crazy world around us.

Martha Brockenbrough lives, writes, and plays in Seattle. She is author of It Could Happen to You: Diary of a Pregnancy and Beyond.

Featured Column:

Sacagawea (Image credit: The Bettman Archive)

What Would Sacagawea Do? Take The Challenge!

How did Sacagawea become a hero? Martha lets you find out what you would have done in her shoes.

Other featured columns by Martha:

•	How Can You Tell If Someone Is Lying?

•	When All Else Fails: Dating Tips From The Animal Kingdom

Ever Wonder?

Things you've always wanted to know, but didn't know who to ask:

•	Why Do We Have to Get Old?

•	Does Bigfoot Exist?

•	Whatever Happened to the Metric System?

•	What's in a Name? More Than You Think

•	Urban Legends: Lies We Love to Tell

Archive

The Natural World

•	Beyond Spider-Man: Super Gross Superheroes and Villains

•	3 Bugs You Should Love

•	When All Else Fails: Dating Tips From the Animal Kingdom

•	Which Are Smarter, Cats or Dogs?

•	The Cold Facts

•	The Physiology of Fear, or Why Everyone's a Little Chicken

•	Lefties: Sinister or Special?

•	When Good Food Goes Bad

•	The Strange Truth About Twins

School and Education

•	How to Succeed at School: A Former Teacher Tells All

•	Classic Toys: Playthings with Staying Power

•	Emotional Intelligence: What Cartoons Can Teach

•	Friends 101: Why Friends are Important, and How You Can Help Your Child Succeed

•	Why You Should Keep a Journal

•	The Skinny on School Lunches

•	The Student-Teacher Connection: A Vital Link to Learning

•	What Did You Learn in School Today? A Parents' Guide to Homework Help

Beyond Classification

•	Astrology: Serious Science or Strictly for Fun?

•	Are You Beautiful? Why Looks Matter

•	The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart

•	How to Make $67 Billion a Year

•	The Greatest Mistakes of All Time

•	Daylight-Saving Time: What's the Point?

•	3 Cheers for Dunces

•	5 Achievements That Deserve Nobel Prizes but Don't Get Them ... Yet

•	Fashion: 1 Fib and 3 Truths

•	Who's Afraid of Friday the 13th?

•	How to See a Ghost

•	The Secret to Happiness

•	History's Greatest Hoaxes (and How to Avoid Being Hornswoggled)

•	The Funniest Jokes in History

•	The Trouble With Love (Stories)

•	The Best Mother's Day Gift Ever

•	Land of the Weird: 8 Kooky Roadside Attractions

•	Are You Rude? 4 Accidental Goofs

•	How to Win at Trivia Games

•	14 Things You Can Learn at a Wedding

Grumpy Martha on Language

•	Tips from a Former Spelling Champion

•	Grumpy Martha's Guide to Grammar and Usage

•	Grammar Lessons for Pop Stars

Ask Martha

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It Could Happen to You: Diary of a Pregnancy and Beyond

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