Trump, Vance bizarre pet-eating claim only proves how fast a lie can travelSeptember 15, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIf you ever doubted the power of one awful social media post to slander an entire people, look no further than the ...Read More
When it’s politics, joy does not cometh in the morningAugust 24, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe heard a lot about joy last week. It was a constant theme at the Democratic convention, tossed around by ...Read More
Even a judge is no match for the courtroom of adolescenceAugust 18, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThere are a lot of funny quotes about raising teenagers. Most are painfully true. Like, “If you have teenagers, ...Read More
When the East tells the Midwest what people here are likeAugust 11, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressOut here in the hinterlands, there’s one thing we know. Whenever East Coasters start defining a Midwesterner, we ...Read More
Ooh, baby, baby: New arrival means an unexpected course in infant linguisticsJuly 14, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI am learning a new language. I am speaking it fluently. It is not something I expected to do at this age, decades ...Read More
Things are bad enough politically. Exaggeration only makes it worse.July 7, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressExaggeration, someone once said, is truth that has lost its temper. I fear we are losing that temper these days. ...Read More
Bernie Smilovitz, after a career of highlights and hard work, signs offJune 30, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHe’s had highlights. Lots of them. In fact, from the outside, it might seem that Bernie Smilovitz has led a ...Read More
Both parties have decided: In the 2024 election, ‘fear’ is the wordJune 23, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMy old friend Warren Zevon once wrote a song called “You’re a Whole Different Person When You’re Scared.” Most of ...Read More