Detroit Lions try to fix past mistakes, hope to avoid their own in NFL draftApril 30, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe appeal of the NFL draft is that it’s shopping with someone else’s money. You get to cheer, criticize, yell ...Read More
At what point do agency failures add up to something we can’t ignore?April 16, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressDo you remember the opening to the old TV show “Get Smart”? In it, a secret agent named Maxwell Smart marches ...Read More
Women’s basketball feud shows grace in sports is disappearingApril 9, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressCaitlin Clark did it first. Let’s be clear about that. The Iowa women’s basketball star, after hitting yet another ...Read More
Déjà vu for a Trump-obsessed nation. One man will dominate our attention againApril 2, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressEverybody loses. We are heading into hell. We are no longer the United States of America. We are the Divided ...Read More
Whether here or in Haiti, being terrorized by crime is no way to liveMarch 26, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — There is a teacher here at our orphanage who uses a walker to get around. Her legs and ...Read More
Ranking airports — does a waterfall make up for that long line?March 19, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe best airport in the world, according to a new survey, is in Singapore. The second best is in Qatar. The ...Read More
National divorce? No. What we need is a national road tripMarch 5, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe way the country is going, someday soon, we are all going to be brought into a room where a Democratic leader ...Read More
A big man says goodbye, but his quest must go onFebruary 26, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHe couldn’t walk, but he moved mountains. He couldn’t speak, but he said so much. He couldn’t write, but he left ...Read More
In tragedy like Michigan State shooting, it’s not as simple as picking up the piecesFebruary 19, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressOn Monday morning, students at Michigan State will return to class and attempt, as the saying goes, to pick up the ...Read More
Patrick Mahomes showed why he’s the MVP by willing Chiefs to Super Bowl titleFebruary 13, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressGLENDALE, Ariz. — With less than three minutes to go in a Super Bowl that was tied, Patrick Mahomes dropped back, ...Read More
Complexity made beautiful, that is Burt Bacharach’s musical legacyFebruary 12, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe phone rang. I can’t tell you the day. I can’t tell you the month. I can only tell you it was around 25 years ...Read More
So much for that big and lovely balloon in the skyFebruary 6, 2023 | Detroit Free PressGreat. Now it’s balloons. Like we didn’t have enough threats to worry about. Economic ...Read More