Women on coronavirus front lines mark unusual Mother’s DayMay 10, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentEvery Monday, Tuesday and Friday, she gets up early to open the testing center. She hears her 16-year-old daughter ...Read More
We might be ready to move on, but COVID-19 isn’t; therein lies the rubMay 3, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentWe are facing a new silent enemy. One that could take us down quickly. It is not COVID-19. It is our ...Read More
Despite 2020 NFL draft, we’re nowhere close to normalApril 26, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, Sports“Now what?” sports fans ask. For three glorious days, there was an actual, scheduled sporting event in America. ...Read More
In bizarre NFL draft, Detroit Lions made the prudent pick: Jeff OkudahApril 24, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, SportsAs big-time sporting events go, it was more transistor radio than virtual reality. But in the end, a draft is just ...Read More
The Michigan I know doesn’t lose its head in a pandemicApril 19, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentI don’t usually reference biblical anecdotes, but this seems too fitting. In the book of Exodus, when the ...Read More
Al Kaline takes his bow. His legend will live forever.April 7, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsWhen there is so much death around, one man’s passing can go unnoticed. This one will not. Even with the shroud of ...Read More
In coronavirus crisis, our humanity saves usApril 5, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentIn the middle of a big war, you go searching for a small idea. One thing to cherish or believe in. One thing that ...Read More
Hey, President Trump: Her name is Gretchen WhitmerMarch 29, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentFirst of all, she has a name. Gretchen Whitmer. She is not “the woman” or “all she does is sit there” or “you ...Read More
The epic struggle of the coronavirus pandemic: What and who to believeMarch 22, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThe casualties are mounting, from human bodies to economic carnage to the societal unraveling that has ...Read More
Part of coronavirus crisis will be how we tell the storyMarch 15, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentI went to the hospital Friday. No. Not for that. My appointment had been made months earlier. The doctor ...Read More
Coronavirus pandemic will show exactly what we’re made ofMarch 13, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, NewsThe coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has disrupted our daily lives. How we respond will determine how long it lasts.Read More
Keep calm, because what’s important — the school’s name, or yours?March 8, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentDear (Anxious) High School Seniors, First of all, sorry, this is not the letter you were looking for, the one ...Read More