Why paying college athletes is more complex than California lawOctober 6, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsOne of the great things college teaches us is that it’s not always simple. Answers can be complex and ...Read More
Detroit Lions’ loss to Chiefs nothing to be happy aboutSeptember 30, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, SportsA giant fist hangs in our downtown. It suggests a city that knows the value of a wallop. And for most of the ...Read More
The risky lure of Rashida Tlaib’s angry T-shirtSeptember 29, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentMany of us can remember our parents saying “Don’t sink to their level” when dealing with bullies. Former first ...Read More
The awful ‘new normal’ of Michigan’s auto no-fault lawSeptember 22, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThis is every parent’s nightmare. Thanks to our state legislators, it's now a reality for many of us. Amora ...Read More
What’s wrong with Michigan football? Against Wisconsin, everythingSeptember 22, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsThat wasn’t a football game. That was Waterloo. Forget national playoffs, forget challenging the elite ...Read More
Detroit Lions saved a game on Sunday — and maybe a seasonSeptember 16, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, SportsIt was a day to check your perfection at the door. The kickers would miss three of their four field-goal tries. ...Read More
Jabs at Joe Biden mask our growing ageism issueSeptember 15, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThe 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.Read More
Matthew Stafford’s family crisis puts football in perspectiveSeptember 8, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThe longest huddle of Matthew Stafford’s life took place not on a field but in a hospital waiting area. He was ...Read More
Kids moaning? Must be back to school timeAugust 25, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentIt was, for us kids, the death knell of summer. The day that mom announced we had to go “back to school” ...Read More
Ohio State keeps giving Michigan fans reasons to hate itAugust 18, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsIt’s not that Michigan fans WANT to hate Ohio State. It’s that Ohio State keeps providing so many good ...Read More
I broke up with coffee. Cool beans no more.August 11, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentI recently suffered a breakup. It was sad. It was crushing. We’d been together since freshman year in ...Read More
The price we’d pay for $20 minimum wageJuly 28, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentYou can force businesses to raise wages, but you can’t force them to keep workers. And study after study, expert ...Read More