Plan for new year? Less of a news yearJanuary 10, 2016 | Detroit Free PressI’m planning to lose weight. It’s my New Year’s resolution. It’s not the carbs. Not the fats. My goal for 2016 is ...Read More
One Arabic sentence closes schools, and ignorance winsDecember 20, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThere are many good reasons to cancel school. Snow. A hurricane. No heat. A busted water pipe. But until last ...Read More
A Christmas visit from the old sports schoolDecember 13, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLittle Davey wasn't supposed to sneak into the downstairs closet, but he did. His mom was asleep. Davey was ...Read More
Gun laws need to changeDecember 6, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhat made a young couple walk into a health facility and start shooting people? It wasn’t our gun laws. It wasn’t ...Read More
Chad Carr was huge in heart in battling brain tumorNovember 24, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIf cancer could be tackled, Chad Carr would have made the hit. He was only 5, too young for pads or a helmet. And ...Read More
What’s in a name? Ethnicity or ego?October 11, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThis past week on "The View," a TV host named Raven-Symoné made headlines when she said she wouldn't hire anyone ...Read More
Miss the wedding, receive a bill, post complaintOctober 4, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIn the old days (you know, 20 years ago), bad behavior at weddings was something whispered among friends and ...Read More
Tape tells story in James Blake arrest caseSeptember 13, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free PressSometimes police tapes can be misleading. Not this one. Sometimes suspects demand force. Not this one. Sometimes a ...Read More