Those we miss at the holidays drive our need to be togetherDecember 26, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMy parents were married on Christmas Eve. In a restaurant. It was the only place they could afford. The owner ...Read More
Santa already paid his visit to college athletes this yearDecember 19, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, SportsI know the real Christmas is later this week, but another Christmas arrived this past July. The one for college ...Read More
All I want for Christmas … is to make that earworm stopDecember 12, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressEvery November, she begins her attack. By Thanksgiving she has me surrounded. Come the first of December, she has ...Read More
The echo of preventable gunshots at Oxford High School will be heard foreverDecember 5, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen an Oxford police deputy saw a 16-year-old football player crumpled on the floor, bleeding and dying from the ...Read More
Back around the turkey table, and the talk turns to …November 21, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThis Thursday… “I want to welcome everyone back to Thanksgiving. It’s great to see you all —” “Wait. ...Read More
The end of COVID will be in our minds, not our headlinesNovember 14, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately, and here is what I’ve observed about America’s current response to ...Read More
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