Real life intrudes on any sport you chooseDecember 28, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports"Dad, will you throw a ball with me?""In a minute. I'm watching ESPN. Come on. We'll watch together.""What's the ...Read More
Sick, weary, Diane Bailey endures to help othersDecember 21, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressChemotherapy can burn, but right now Diane Bailey is cold. With gloved hands, she holds a warming pack to her ...Read More
Letters Tell us How Much our Kids NeedDecember 14, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIn nearly 30 years of doing this column, I have never printed letters. It used to be a technique some columnists ...Read More
Holiday spirit of greetings is now text-friendlyDecember 7, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe other morning, I was looking at TV. I had the sound off. I saw an attractive group of singers doing what ...Read More
Ferguson’s story a tale of two colorsDecember 1, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressFerguson was never just about Ferguson.If it were, black Americans wouldn't have said, "Here we go again." And ...Read More
Erasing Bill Cosby with the speed of lightNovember 23, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressEver since Bill Cosby was accused by one, then two, then four, then almost uncountable women of everything ...Read More
Musical shows how Motown changed the worldOctober 26, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThey say families, as you age, only get together at weddings and funerals. Not true Wednesday night at the Fisher ...Read More
Some naked truth about sexting teensOctober 19, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThis will make me sound old, but I'm going to say it.In a million years — in 2 million years — I would never stick ...Read More