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
Girls with guitars silenced in Afghanistan; their teacher can’t help themAugust 22, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMany American men have entered Afghanistan with a weapon. Lanny Cordola entered with a guitar. A self-described ...Read More
Young Haitians get a chance to change their disaster-ravaged world with college degreesAugust 15, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt began on the airplane. The two young men stared out the windows as the island slowly disappeared from view. ...Read More
Only Simone Biles knows what made her step aside at Tokyo OlympicsJuly 29, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI knew Simone Biles was done when she said, “There’s more to life than gymnastics.” That is a true sentence. ...Read More
COVID-19 vaccination hesitation won’t be fixed with anger or insultsJuly 25, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYou’re in line at the bank. The person ahead of you is talking to the cashier. Minutes pass. “What’s taking so ...Read More
The new Space Race: Boldly going where no ego has gone beforeJuly 18, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYou can walk past an empty building every single day. Then one day you see a line of people outside, and even ...Read More