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Part of coronavirus crisis will be how we tell the story
I went to the hospital Friday. No. Not for that. My appointment had been made months earlier. The doctor offered to do it digitally, given the COVID-19 situation, but I prefer to be examined in person, rather than contort in front of a computer camera. So I...
Coronavirus pandemic will show exactly what we’re made of
The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has disrupted our daily lives. How we respond will determine how long it lasts.
Keep calm, because what’s important — the school’s name, or yours?
Dear (Anxious) High School Seniors, First of all, sorry, this is not the letter you were looking for, the one that tells you if you got into the college that, as you wrote on your application, “I’ve been waiting my whole life to attend.” That letter may be a few...
Farewell to Tyrone Chatman, the Michigan soldier who tended to soldiers
He always stood up straight as a plank of wood and his voice was loud, befitting a soldier’s command. But Tyrone Chatman had one trait that always seemed incongruous, given his military background. Whenever you would say something he vigorously agreed with, his eyes...
The presidential pardon may have run its course
“I forgive you.” Those are powerful words. They can lift a person’s guilt or shame, and send a signal to others that all is well between you. But “I forgive you” and “the country forgives you” are not the same thing. They shouldn’t be. So perhaps it’s time to rethink...
An open letter to Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker
Dear Coach Mel Tucker: Consider this a welcome letter. Or a “welcome back” letter, because you were at Michigan State once before, in the late ’90s. Your duties back then, as a graduate assistant on the football team, you told me, included shoveling...
Detroit Lions fans fighting against Super Bowl envy
Envy. Although it’s not the first emotion you’d associate with the Super Bowl, it will be there tonight in the minds of many football fans around the country — fans of teams who perennially do NOT make the big game. Like the Detroit Lions. “How come Kansas City...
‘American Dirt’ criticism steps on a dangerous live wire
As a writer of books, I guess I should be happy that any book is getting attention in this TV- and movie-soaked world. I do wish it wasn’t for these reasons. A new novel by a writer named Jeanine Cummins is causing some to go crazy with praise and others to go...
Sorry seems to be the easiest word in an election year
It’s only taken three weeks, but I think I know what 2020 will be the year of: Apologies. They’re coming fast and furious. Celebrities. Politicians. Teachers. Corporations. Countries. Even churches — which, ironically, is where you used to go to apologize. I base my...The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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