MSU’s Cook doesn’t want storied college career to endDecember 27, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, Sports"Everyone keeps telling me congratulations," Connor Cook said over the phone last weekend, "but usually when ...Read More
One Arabic sentence closes schools, and ignorance winsDecember 20, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThere are many good reasons to cancel school. Snow. A hurricane. No heat. A busted water pipe. But until last ...Read More
A Christmas visit from the old sports schoolDecember 13, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLittle Davey wasn't supposed to sneak into the downstairs closet, but he did. His mom was asleep. Davey was ...Read More
Gun laws need to changeDecember 6, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhat made a young couple walk into a health facility and start shooting people? It wasn’t our gun laws. It wasn’t ...Read More
U-M in better shape, but not ready for Ohio StateNovember 29, 2015 | Detroit Free Press, SportsThe sky was clear but the storm kept coming, a relentless downpour of scarlet and gray that ran, got up, ran, got ...Read More
Dying Lions fan getting his wish to attend gameNovember 25, 2015 | Detroit Free PressWhat’s the best part of waking up on Thanksgiving? The morning doorbell? Your kids making noise in the kitchen? ...Read More
Chad Carr was huge in heart in battling brain tumorNovember 24, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIf cancer could be tackled, Chad Carr would have made the hit. He was only 5, too young for pads or a helmet. And ...Read More
Respecting vets means more than clappingNovember 22, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen a soldier goes off to fight, we say, "We're praying for you." When a soldier passes in uniform we gush, ...Read More