Protests reveal a different conflict: Those taking part vs. those who aren’tApril 21, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressImagine you and your spouse are hurrying to the airport for an important trip. Your mother was in a car accident. ...Read More
O.J.’s death teaches the same old lesson: We didn’t know himApril 14, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressAt the moment of truth, he ran away, avoided the tackle, as if there were some goal line he could cross and be ...Read More
Detroit Water Ice in Comerica Park brings back boyhood hawking memoriesApril 7, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMy first job was in a baseball park. I sold programs. I was 11. Looking back, I don’t even know how they ...Read More
Our escape from Haiti must highlight those who are still thereMarch 17, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThis is not an adventure story. It may sound like one, with eight Americans, one Frenchman and one Canadian racing ...Read More
Biden keeps forgiving student loans — no matter who says don’tFebruary 25, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLook, nobody is against getting money back from the government. That, we all can rally around. The fact that this ...Read More
A magical place now needs a little magic to save itFebruary 18, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen our little girl was sick, and we were searching for an hour of escape, we would take her to ...Read More
What is too old? A state of mind, or a state of criticism?February 11, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMost of us were told, at some point in our lives, that we were too young. Too young to play with an older sibling. ...Read More
A comment on our new ‘no comments’ policy: It’s correctFebruary 4, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI once wrote a column previewing the Kentucky Derby and, trying to be creative, wrote it as if I were interviewing ...Read More