This honey child is a real boo booAugust 26, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressShe wears a tiara. She plays with a pig. She wiggles and shakes her hips and makes "come hither" movements. She ...Read More
My very brief life as director, and … cut!August 19, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLOS ANGELES - In Hollywood, everyone wants to be a director. The actors. The shoe salesmen. You can stop a ...Read More
Bank to bushes, he keeps his faithAugust 12, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHe kneels in garden beds. He trims branches and lays mulch. Once upon a time, five months ago, he had an important ...Read More
Verlander back to letter (K) formAugust 7, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, SportsOne by one, fans held up the pink K's, until they needed a baker's dozen just to keep them aloft. Yankee strikes ...Read More
100 Houses: Help board up dangerAugust 5, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThey were homes once, but they are homes no longer. They are hollow dangers. Hiding places. Drug houses.They are ...Read More
Mother Batie’s life made others’ betterJuly 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressShe always stood tall, even when sitting in a wheelchair, and when they rolled her through her soup kitchen, ...Read More
Penn State scandal NCAA lowers the hammer, raises other concernsJuly 24, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, SportsAs penalties go, it felt like a guillotine.That was the idea.Here is what the NCAA's ruling does to Penn State. It ...Read More
It’s not just guns, it’s the personJuly 22, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe were coming out of a movie theater. There were four of us. This was Thursday, just about midnight. "Hey, we ...Read More
Battle for the AL Central Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 1 Pitch PerfectJuly 22, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, SportsInning after inning, Rick Porcello left the mound slowly, deliberately, watching his feet the way a Swiss ...Read More
Deal or No Deal, Tigers Are in a GrooveJuly 20, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, SportsAt a time when everyone wants to talk about the team the Tigers could be, it's best to focus on the team they ...Read More
MITCH ALBOM: DEAL OR NO DEAL, TIGERS ARE IN A GROOVEJuly 20, 2012 | Detroit Free PressAt a time when everyone wants to talk about the team the Tigers could be, it's best to focus on the team they ...Read More
Pills-a-poppin’: Our medication nationJuly 15, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLast week, my father, who is 83, suffered a medical emergency. At the hospital, he was asked this question: "How ...Read More