Forcing us to vote is hardly a cure-all
This past week, the president who is forcing Americans to have health care coverage suggested maybe they should be forced to vote.”It would be transformative,” President Barack Obama told a crowd in Cleveland.It would be transformative. It...
No reason to brag about killing $50M film credits
This past week, Michigan’s House of Representatives voted to kill the tax incentives for the film industry. Some lawmakers acted as if they’d just slain an evil dragon.Not so fast, Gandalf.I was in on the creation of these things. Back in 2008, at the...
Fans shouldn’t cry over Suh leaving Lions
Suh who?That should be the attitude now. The Detroit Lions’ best defensive player — and sometimes their biggest headache — will take his talents to South Beach, and you can cry about it or you can move on.I’d choose the latter. Like LeBron James, Ndamukong...
Cass proved homeless is not the same as hopeless
He had nowhere to go.No food. No money. And now, no place to sleep. He had been squatting in an abandoned apartment, but someone broke in and stole the copper pipes from under the sink.Soon water was gushing, and a groggy AnthonyCastelow woke up floating toward the...
Amazing finish marks a Super Bowl for the ages
GLENDALE, Ariz. – They were one yard away — and then it burst. The magic bubble that Seattle had been living under, the immortal elixir it had been drinking, the string of amazing finishes, the incredible touch of Russell Wilson and decision making of Pete Carroll,...
One last column for a one-of-a-kind mom
Over the years in this space, I have, occasionally, written about my mother. I once wrote a Halloween column on how she made me the Mummy. (She wrapped me in toilet paper, which was fine until it started raining.) I wrote about how she marched me into the...
Working with Haiti’s orphans: Smiles make it worthwhile
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The woman in the chair had a small child sleeping in her lap. She had come to give him away.
“Who is the father?” I asked, through a translator.
“There is no father,” she said.
“Aren’t you the mother?”
“No.”
“Whose child is this?”
“I found him abandoned under a tree behind a hospital. He was maybe 2 months old, and his belly was big. He was crying. So I took him to the police.”
“What did they tell you?”
“They said, ‘Why did you pick him up? You should have left him there.’ So I took him home. And now I am here.”
New year, same old pain for Lions in playoff loss
ARLINGTON, Texas – The big guy cried. That’s how crushing a loss this was. Ndamukong Suh, a man better known for pummeling large people, couldn’t fight the tears when he tried to sum it up. He stepped away from the microphone, sniffing and wiping his eyes,...
To quiet Lions’ critics, here’s a can’t-do list
The key goes in, the engine growls, and now we find out whether it finally turns over.The Lions have a chance this afternoon in Texas. A wildly important chance to silence all the echoes that haunt them. Win this playoff game, against a high-flying Dallas team some...Stay Connected
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