Google memo on diversity raises questions — like ‘Why?’August 13, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentSo I actually read the entire 10 page memo written by Google engineer James Damore, who began last week as an ...Read More
How do you know you’re getting older? Try going to a concertAugust 6, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentIt’s not cell phones. It’s not clothing. It’s rock concerts. Is there anything that measures aging more than ...Read More
Obsession with filming life — and even a death. Where will it all end?July 30, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentShe lost her kid sister, but not her phone. She kept on filming, before the accident and after the accident, in ...Read More
Were Calvin Johnson’s comments a mega-contradiction?July 16, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsThe way Calvin Johnson sees it, I’m surprised any of the Detroit Lions are showing up this season. Johnson pretty ...Read More
Brad Ausmus believes in letting Detroit Tigers’ season play outJuly 6, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, SportsOnce, when his job was supposedly on the line, Brad Ausmus surprised his family by coming home on an off day. He ...Read More
Purging our immigrants at what price to families?June 25, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThis is half a story. Let’s be clear. The missing half lies with the government, and at this point, the government ...Read More
Dad, over time, inspires a rhymeJune 18, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentYour father is old now, He’ll tell you himself, “Getting up there,” he’ll tease, As he grins like an elf. You ...Read More
Chika’s StoryJune 10, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentA fight to cure the incurable: A Haitian child’s struggle with rare brain cancer inspires strangers, teaches doctors, and creates an unlikely family.Read More
End of ESPN’s ‘The Sports Reporters’ today a farewell to an originalMay 7, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentToday, for the last time, I will rise early, put on a suit and tie, and sit with colleagues as a TV host says, ...Read More
40 years after burning bed, domestic violence issue still smoldersApril 2, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentFrancine Hughes Wilson, who inspired 'The Burning Bed,' dies at 69. A woman named Francine Wilson was laid to ...Read More
20 years later, ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ still teachingMarch 26, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentTwenty-two years ago, I flipped on the TV and my life changed forever. An old professor of mine, Morrie Schwartz, ...Read More
Budget’s view of waste? Meals for old and youngMarch 19, 2017 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYou knock on a door. It takes a minute. Eventually the door opens. A face, lined with age, spreads into a ...Read More