Losing our religion — and replacing it with the church of social mediaNovember 7, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressEarlier this year, a Gallup Poll showed that, for the first time in eight decades, fewer than half of ...Read More
Why people keep going to help Haiti, despite the obvious dangerOctober 19, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, UncategorizedPORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — It’s hard to imagine what is going through the minds of 17 missionaries and ...Read More
After punishing ugly words, do we then go after silence?October 17, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressTanks rarely back up. They don’t have to. Whatever is in front of them they can crush and roll over. But ...Read More
School board meetings may need help — but not from the FBIOctober 9, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen we were kids, our parents told us not to talk back to our teachers “or you’ll be in big trouble.” Who knew ...Read More
Haitian student torn between college in Michigan and his earthquake-ravaged familyOctober 3, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLES CAYES, HAITI – On a recent Thursday afternoon, Siem Lafleur finished a political science class at Madonna ...Read More
Noise over border photo distracts from silence on the real issueSeptember 26, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIn the old circus days, lion tamers used a chair to protect themselves. Why? A lion can chew through a chair as ...Read More
Forgiveness is in need of forgiveness today, especially in AmericaSeptember 19, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressTruth is, we don’t forgive much anymore. We scold. We scream. We obliterate. We wipe you from existence.Read More
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