Detroit Free Press

FIRST OF ALL, we're still here. That little miracle is where you begin. Remember last New Year's? The horror of ...

IF A guy asks a girl out and she turns him down, you cheer him up. If she turns him down again, you console him. ...

At the height of the madness in this 5-week presidential election, someone on TV -- probably NBC's Tim Russert, ...

THERE'S THIS older woman, named Sarah, who for years ran an elevator at Tiger Stadium. Every summer, she would sit in that rickety, cell-like thing, which had no ventilation. During July and August it was a furnace."Do you think the Tigers could do anything?" she would gently ask, wiping her brow. "Put in air-conditioning, or get me a fan?"Year after year, nothing was done.

What do we mourn when we mourn John Lennon? He was, after all, only one-fourth of a famous band. The Beatles might ...

My family has a tradition on the day after Thanksgiving. We go shopping. At the mall. We are, therefore, insane.We ...