Detroit Free Press

On the morning of the last day of the best days of his life, Ernie Harwell got up and put a cassette into the small recorder he had plugged in under the sink. "This is Sammy Fain singing," he said. The recorder spit out scratchy sounds of an old man and a piano, a ballad, a pretty melody. We came together young and strongThe summer smiled and touched us with a songfor that one summerthat one sweet summer

TO: Detroit LionsFROM: The NFL Dear Sirs,We are writing with happy news. You are doing very well. So well, in ...

A strange thing happened to me this week. I was nearly mowed down by a car racing toward a bookstore.Normally, I wouldn't mind this, since at least the person was in a hurry to read, instead of getting home in time to watch "The Simpsons." Then I noticed other cars also speeding toward the parking lot, and people -- mostly women -- slamming their doors and racing into the store."What's going on?" I asked."Gone With The Wind," I was told.

It was the great philosopher Kermit the Frog who said, "It's not easy being green." He should try being big. He ...