5 years later, COVID-19 reminds us that fear makes us smallMarch 16, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMillions of us were going to die quickly. Masks would be a permanent part of life. No one would ever shake hands ...Read More
President Trump’s demand of gratitude from Ukraine only makes him look smallMarch 2, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMy wife and I are raising a 3-year-old girl, so we are constantly reminding her to be grateful. “What do you ...Read More
Death in a freezing parking lot shows the plight of our homeless childrenFebruary 16, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press“My son wasn’t moving. And I kept saying … ’Please, get up!’” When Tateona Williams parked her van in a ...Read More
Tired of ‘words matter’? The answer isn’t more bad wordsFebruary 9, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIn a congressional hearing last week, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, of Virginia, a Republican, was criticizing the use of ...Read More
Blame is quick in disasters when patience is what’s neededFebruary 2, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe wreckage was still burning in the Potomac River and all the bodies were yet to be fished out when our ...Read More
A letter to the gridiron deities from dejected Detroit Lions fansJanuary 20, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressDear Football Gods, We, the people of Detroit, come before you with a simple question: Why ...Read More
Wildfire or earthquake, what comes after a disaster is criticalJanuary 12, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhat devastation looks like. Cinder. Ash. Choking air. Burnt and lonely beams where houses used to stand. ...Read More
Christmas denied to Haitian kids who can’t get into their countryDecember 22, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressOne wanted to brag about his grades. One wanted to talk about his soccer team. One, if we’re being honest, wanted ...Read More