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
Save the questions for humans, not your phoneMay 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI'm not talking.Not to a phone.It may be all the rage for celebrities in iPhone commercials to have pithy ...Read More
Winans’ attack: We’re all at riskMay 20, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHe is a famous gospel singer, a TV star, a pastor who gave the stirring eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral.That ...Read More