Part of coronavirus crisis will be how we tell the story
I went to the hospital Friday. No. Not for that. My appointment had been made months earlier. The doctor offered to do it digitally, given the COVID-19 situation, but I prefer to be examined in person, rather than contort in front of a computer camera. So I...
Coronavirus pandemic will show exactly what we’re made of
The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has disrupted our daily lives. How we respond will determine how long it lasts.
Keep calm, because what’s important — the school’s name, or yours?
Dear (Anxious) High School Seniors, First of all, sorry, this is not the letter you were looking for, the one that tells you if you got into the college that, as you wrote on your application, “I’ve been waiting my whole life to attend.” That letter may be a few...
Farewell to Tyrone Chatman, the Michigan soldier who tended to soldiers
He always stood up straight as a plank of wood and his voice was loud, befitting a soldier’s command. But Tyrone Chatman had one trait that always seemed incongruous, given his military background. Whenever you would say something he vigorously agreed with, his eyes...
The presidential pardon may have run its course
“I forgive you.” Those are powerful words. They can lift a person’s guilt or shame, and send a signal to others that all is well between you. But “I forgive you” and “the country forgives you” are not the same thing. They shouldn’t be. So perhaps it’s time to rethink...
An open letter to Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker
Dear Coach Mel Tucker: Consider this a welcome letter. Or a “welcome back” letter, because you were at Michigan State once before, in the late ’90s. Your duties back then, as a graduate assistant on the football team, you told me, included shoveling...
Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio retired with a heavy Green heart
At one point late in what was suddenly his final hour as Michigan State’s football coach, Mark Dantonio winced at a question about a lawsuit. “We’re not talking about that here,’’ he snapped. “This is a celebration.” It didn’t feel like one. And he didn’t...
Detroit Lions fans fighting against Super Bowl envy
Envy. Although it’s not the first emotion you’d associate with the Super Bowl, it will be there tonight in the minds of many football fans around the country — fans of teams who perennially do NOT make the big game. Like the Detroit Lions. “How come Kansas City...
Kobe Bryant’s legendary life wasn’t supposed to end in a nightmare
Man is not built to fly. Some still do. Kobe Bryant did. He flew through the air of suburban Philadelphia basketball courts and he flew over college altogether and landed in the NBA as a 17-year-old, where he flew through defenders, flew through the record...The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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