The risky lure of Rashida Tlaib’s angry T-shirt
Many of us can remember our parents saying “Don’t sink to their level” when dealing with bullies. Former first lady Michelle Obama made a reputation off the phrase, “When they go low, we go high.” None of this seems to take root with congresswoman Rashida Tlaib,...
The awful ‘new normal’ of Michigan’s auto no-fault law
This is every parent’s nightmare. Thanks to our state legislators, it’s now a reality for many of us. Amora Harris is a beautiful 3-year-old girl, named after the Spanish word for “love.” This past July, on a Sunday morning, just after church, her parents took...
What’s wrong with Michigan football? Against Wisconsin, everything
That wasn’t a football game. That was Waterloo. Forget national playoffs, forget challenging the elite programs, forget even moving the bar higher than last season. The Michigan Wolverines on Saturday looked as bad as they’ve looked since Jim Harbaugh...
Detroit Lions saved a game on Sunday — and maybe a season
It was a day to check your perfection at the door. The kickers would miss three of their four field-goal tries. Both quarterbacks would throw end-zone interceptions. There was a mosquito swarm of penalties, sometimes two on a single play. “September football,” Matthew...
Jabs at Joe Biden mask our growing ageism issue
The most recent Democratic debates lasted three hours, and topics buzzing on social media were … Joe Biden's teeth and an insult he may have suffered.
Matthew Stafford’s family crisis puts football in perspective
The longest huddle of Matthew Stafford’s life took place not on a field but in a hospital waiting area. He was surrounded not by teammates, but by family. He wore no pads nor helmet, only street clothes. And the clock was winding down by hours instead of...
Kids moaning? Must be back to school time
It was, for us kids, the death knell of summer. The day that mom announced we had to go “back to school” shopping. For two blissful months, we didn’t hear those words. The sound of class bells, the smell of the cafeteria, the boring posture of hunching over a desk,...
Ohio State keeps giving Michigan fans reasons to hate it
It’s not that Michigan fans WANT to hate Ohio State. It’s that Ohio State keeps providing so many good reasons. Forget about the hiring of Urban Meyer as football coach, or the seven straight times he beat the Wolverines, or the fact that when he retired, the Buckeyes...
I broke up with coffee. Cool beans no more.
I recently suffered a breakup. It was sad. It was crushing. We’d been together since freshman year in college. But now it’s over. And there’s no going back. It wouldn’t be healthy. We had a long relationship with wonderful memories. But things had to end. Love? There...Stay Connected
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