The only thing new about quiet quitting is the nameAugust 28, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free PressRemember the movie “Office Space"? When a depressed worker named Peter recalls how, in high school, the ...Read More
Salman Rushdie attack, sudden violence, leads to new sense of vulnerabilityAugust 14, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYears ago, when I was in my 20s, I was living in New York City. One day, I invited two young cousins over for some ...Read More
Detroit Tigers dump Al Avila, whose moves too often came up emptyAugust 11, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, SportsProspecting for baseball players is like prospecting for gold: lots of shiny objects, but more often empty ...Read More
The one unfortunate group that Brittney Griner belongs to nowAugust 7, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free PressBrittney Griner, who sits in a Russian prison cell as I write this, is indeed a member of a group. But not the ...Read More
‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ play finally comes to a Michigan theater near youJuly 24, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free PressTwenty-five years ago, I wrote a book called “Tuesdays with Morrie.” Many of you know that. Twenty-three years ...Read More
The cable news rules; it’s better to attack than defendJuly 17, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIn the famous baseball sing-along, the suggestion is we “root, root, root for the home team, if they don’t win ...Read More
Gary Moeller deserved better in his football life because of how he livedJuly 12, 2022 | Detroit Free Press, SportsHe was private soul with a booming public voice, a soft heart beneath a hard, gritty exterior, a good man who had ...Read More
A sad farewell to our human search engine Chris KucharskiJuly 10, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe had the same May birthday, and in the early years, I would trek up to the library and say, “Happy birthday, ...Read More