Three games in, Michigan football’s horse has yet to leave the postNovember 8, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, SportsThere’s an old song that describes the blahs as feeling “like a horse that never left the post.” So it goes ...Read More
Election will be meaningless if we don’t change our waysNovember 1, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentMy editors asked if I planned to write about the election this Sunday and I said yes. Perhaps they hoped I would ...Read More
It took Michigan State’s Mel Tucker all of one game to revel in rivalry gloryNovember 1, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, SportsNow that’s how you enter a rivalry. Ride into the other guy's town, kick the doors in, and yell, “Howdy!” New ...Read More
I’m convinced Mel Tucker is right man for Michigan State footballOctober 18, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsMel Tucker used to drive Nick Saban around. This was 23 years ago, when Saban was the head football coach ...Read More
In a nasty nation, there’s an oasis of nice in one Michigan cityOctober 11, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentTo the outside world, it looks like Michigan had a bad week. When 13 of our fellow Americans ...Read More
Detroit Lions, now 1-3, have no defense for their defenseOctober 5, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, SportsIt’s probably a good thing the Lions didn’t have fans inside Ford Field on Sunday. The fewer witnesses, ...Read More
The power that governs us has been punctured. What we do next will define us.October 4, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentNow everyone knows someone who has coronavirus. When President Trump sent a simple tweet at 1 a.m. Friday ...Read More
Breaking bread with police to break down barriersSeptember 27, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, CommentOn Wednesday, at the same time a Kentucky attorney general was announcing findings in the Breonna Taylor ...Read More