Detroit Free Press

Attention: young people about to graduate college. Put down that beach ball!This is not a typo. I went to graduation ceremonies at George Washington University last weekend, and all during the speech -- made by a prominent government leader -- the students were tossing a beach ball, punching it from section to section, like at a Jimmy Buffet concert. I kept waiting for someone to interrupt the future of global economy by yelling "PLAY MARGARITAVILLE, DUDE!"

The man in the Coca-Cola uniform opened the back of his truck. Another day, another delivery. He loaded the cases ...

As any sports fan can tell you, there is more to softball than wearing a uniform. There is also drinking beer. And ...

Once upon a time, in the wild, wild West, men would shoot one another over the smallest things: an insult, a ...

How fast the time goes, Doris Webber thought, as she watched her son step to the podium. She heard the lenses ...

The truth is, you don't coach NBA players anymore, you manage them. They are richer than you. More famous than you. More important than you. So they have the power.

My rear end is frozen. I do not care. I am sitting alone at center ice in Joe Louis Arena, arms folded, legs ...

NEW YORK -- Most of the time, I have no affection for this city. It is, as locations go, a good place to get shot. Or run over. Or splashed by muddy water. Shoved through a subway door. Made dizzy by a cab ride. Poked in the ribs by a homeless person. Conned by some fast-talking dude moving a $20 bill under an eggshell.