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
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