As death tightens around us, don’t hesitate to tell loved one how you feelAugust 29, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressAs he lay dying, slowly, from ALS, I once asked my old college professor, Morrie Schwartz, what he thought about ...Read More
Girls with guitars silenced in Afghanistan; their teacher can’t help themAugust 22, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMany American men have entered Afghanistan with a weapon. Lanny Cordola entered with a guitar. A self-described ...Read More
Young Haitians get a chance to change their disaster-ravaged world with college degreesAugust 15, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt began on the airplane. The two young men stared out the windows as the island slowly disappeared from view. ...Read More
Calvin Johnson’s Hall of Fame shine shouldn’t be clouded by Detroit Lions spatAugust 8, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, SportsCalvin Johnson heads into the sunset like other great players who toiled for ...Read More
Only Simone Biles knows what made her step aside at Tokyo OlympicsJuly 29, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI knew Simone Biles was done when she said, “There’s more to life than gymnastics.” That is a true sentence. ...Read More
COVID-19 vaccination hesitation won’t be fixed with anger or insultsJuly 25, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYou’re in line at the bank. The person ahead of you is talking to the cashier. Minutes pass. “What’s taking so ...Read More
There’s nothing wrong with the Olympics, but hosting them now is a bad ideaJuly 23, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, SportsThe first Olympic Games I covered were in an alpine village in a country that no longer exists. Sarajevo, ...Read More
The new Space Race: Boldly going where no ego has gone beforeJuly 18, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYou can walk past an empty building every single day. Then one day you see a line of people outside, and even ...Read More
A president is gunned down; a nation wonders what comes nextJuly 11, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressPORT-AU-PRINCE – I awoke to a text from a Haitian friend. “The President of Haiti was just assassinated. Do ...Read More
A familiar voice echoes on Father’s Day — his and mineJune 20, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen I reached adolescence, I began to notice a change. I would answer the phone at our house, and people would ...Read More
Talk of Bo’s Michigan football legacy overlooks real villain: Robert AndersonJune 17, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, SportsAt one point during his college football days, Jon Vaughn was told by the team doctor that he needed his sperm for ...Read More
Searching for old habits in a new post-COVID worldJune 13, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI used to love to eat in restaurants. Five or six nights a week. When I say “used to” I don’t mean when I was a ...Read More