A trillion dollars is not a billion; why you can’t just print moneyApril 4, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen I was a kid, I thought I knew the value of a dollar. Of course, when I was a kid, I also thought I could take ...Read More
After one year of COVID-19, what would we tell our old selves?March 14, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIf we knew the coronavirus war would be, essentially, one year of acute suffering followed by gradual relief, would we have behaved differently?Read More
Songwriter stricken with ALS gives voice to new Lou Gehrig Day in baseballMarch 7, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressEighty-two years ago, Lou Gehrig gave his famous retirement speech at Yankee Stadium, telling fans about a ...Read More
A COVID-19 casualty that’s not so bad: Celebrity obsessionFebruary 21, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLast week, the most powerful celebrity couple in the world announced they were divorcing. For once, America ...Read More
One year into COVID-19, what we know still equals what we don’tFebruary 7, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt was one year ago today that a man named Li Wenliang died. Maybe you remember him. Maybe you don’t. But ...Read More
GameStop drama has no real winner, only proves both sides can play the gameJanuary 31, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHere is the history of American desire. First we wanted to be free. Then we wanted to be rich. Then we wanted to ...Read More
Larry King was big, but never bigger than the people he interviewedJanuary 24, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI knew Larry King. Not well, but I knew him. I’d been on his show. He’d been on mine. I first encountered him at ...Read More
Righteous hatred should not shadow our new eraJanuary 17, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe set sail with a new president on an old ocean of hate. A new photo of a new man will now symbolize ...Read More