Barry Sanders retirement a bombshell we should have seen comingJuly 21, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsIt was the fax heard around the world. Barry Sanders, for the first and only time in his career, mailed it in. ...Read More
Colorado brawl latest example of parents being babiesJune 23, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentWhen the story broke last week about a group of Colorado parents fighting each other at their children's baseball ...Read More
New high school trend: Viral gradu-shaming speechesJune 16, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentMost folks over 35 will agree, high school today isn’t the way they remember it. Here’s an example: two weeks ...Read More
Brother’s Keeper church in Detroit needs new helping handJune 9, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThis time, it’s not a hole in the roof. It’s a gap in the community. Ten years ago, I wrote about a church on ...Read More
The ugly truth of Michigan’s no-fault reform billJune 2, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentWhen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proudly signed the new auto no-fault insurance reform bill last week, she did so in ...Read More
My all-you-need guide for Game of Thrones finaleMay 19, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentTonight is the final episode of “Game of Thrones.” This means nothing on a how-does-it-change-the-world scale, ...Read More
Judge Damon Keith, an extraordinary man, who stared down hateApril 29, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentZIMBABWE — I was in a hotel room here, minutes away from one of the seven natural wonders of the world, when I got ...Read More
America has a new tune: Losing our religionApril 14, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentGod is tied. A recent survey showed there are now as many Americans who claim “no religion” — 23 percent — as ...Read More