President Trump’s demand of gratitude from Ukraine only makes him look smallMarch 2, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressMy wife and I are raising a 3-year-old girl, so we are constantly reminding her to be grateful. “What do you ...Read More
Death in a freezing parking lot shows the plight of our homeless childrenFebruary 16, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free Press“My son wasn’t moving. And I kept saying … ’Please, get up!’” When Tateona Williams parked her van in a ...Read More
Tired of ‘words matter’? The answer isn’t more bad wordsFebruary 9, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIn a congressional hearing last week, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, of Virginia, a Republican, was criticizing the use of ...Read More
Blame is quick in disasters when patience is what’s neededFebruary 2, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe wreckage was still burning in the Potomac River and all the bodies were yet to be fished out when our ...Read More
Wildfire or earthquake, what comes after a disaster is criticalJanuary 12, 2025 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhat devastation looks like. Cinder. Ash. Choking air. Burnt and lonely beams where houses used to stand. ...Read More
Christmas denied to Haitian kids who can’t get into their countryDecember 22, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressOne wanted to brag about his grades. One wanted to talk about his soccer team. One, if we’re being honest, wanted ...Read More
Don’t let political pardons taint the idea of forgivenessDecember 15, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressNo one messes up a fine idea worse than the government. Prohibition. The War on Drugs. Welfare. COVID payments. ...Read More
Death of health care CEO unleashes a sad fury of frustrationDecember 8, 2024 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWhen the CEO of one of the nation’s largest health insurers was shot to death last week, you expected a ...Read More