Mother Batie’s life made others’ betterJuly 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressShe always stood tall, even when sitting in a wheelchair, and when they rolled her through her soup kitchen, ...Read More
It’s not just guns, it’s the personJuly 22, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe were coming out of a movie theater. There were four of us. This was Thursday, just about midnight. "Hey, we ...Read More
Pills-a-poppin’: Our medication nationJuly 15, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLast week, my father, who is 83, suffered a medical emergency. At the hospital, he was asked this question: "How ...Read More
What if we ignore Tom, Katie’s split?July 8, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIf I were king of the world, I would insist on a moratorium for Hollywood marriages: no talking about them until ...Read More
Always in mind, if rarely in tuneJuly 1, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe band broke up.We hit the final chord. We heard sweet applause. And then, after 20 years together, we walked ...Read More
My ‘Fifty Shades’ of newfound embarrassmentJune 24, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt's official.I've become a prude.I thought this happened only in adolescence. I thought once you got past those ...Read More
Certainly, sir … what did you say again?June 21, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe flight attendant smiles. "Something to drink?" "Water, please," I say. She asks the next guy over, then turns ...Read More
Fake pot can have real consequencesJune 3, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt sounds relatively harmless. Synthetic marijuana. Like pot for people who don't want to get arrested.For a ...Read More