Chika’s StoryJune 10, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentA fight to cure the incurable: A Haitian child’s struggle with rare brain cancer inspires strangers, teaches doctors, and creates an unlikely family.Read More
End of ESPN’s ‘The Sports Reporters’ today a farewell to an originalMay 7, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentToday, for the last time, I will rise early, put on a suit and tie, and sit with colleagues as a TV host says, ...Read More
40 years after burning bed, domestic violence issue still smoldersApril 2, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentFrancine Hughes Wilson, who inspired 'The Burning Bed,' dies at 69. A woman named Francine Wilson was laid to ...Read More
20 years later, ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ still teachingMarch 26, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentTwenty-two years ago, I flipped on the TV and my life changed forever. An old professor of mine, Morrie Schwartz, ...Read More
Budget’s view of waste? Meals for old and youngMarch 19, 2017 | Comment, Detroit Free PressYou knock on a door. It takes a minute. Eventually the door opens. A face, lined with age, spreads into a ...Read More
No power a reminder of those who do withoutMarch 12, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentI was starting to write this column when the lights went off. The computer died. The heat stopped working, and the ...Read More
George W. Bush gives lesson in laughing at ourselvesMarch 5, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentI must admit, a decade ago, I did not think that George W. Bush would teach us something about wisdom. Bush, at ...Read More
Didn’t see that movie? Good chance it will win at OscarsFebruary 26, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentTonight, they will hand out the Oscars for best actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress and best ...Read More