Golden toilet to Trump not as clever as museum thinksJanuary 28, 2018 | Detroit Free Press, CommentIt’s become so common to hurl insults at President Trump, I wonder if we’re losing our perspective. Last year, ...Read More
Before we demonize a family — like Jorge Garcia’s — consider how American it isJanuary 21, 2018 | Detroit Free Press, CommentLet’s say you have a husband. Let’s say you have kids. Let’s say you have a pattern of love and food and work and ...Read More
Don’t judge us for President Donald Trump’s wordsJanuary 14, 2018 | Detroit Free Press, CommentTo the children of our Haitian orphanage: When you do something wrong, you have to say you’re sorry. We teach you ...Read More
Jim Caldwell’s Detroit Lions tenure spoke for itself: New captain neededJanuary 2, 2018 | Detroit Free Press, SportsWhenever anyone asked about his future — and down the stretch they asked weekly — Jim Caldwell would deflect with ...Read More
My parents are gone — but together — on Christmas Eve anniversaryDecember 24, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentToday is Christmas Eve. I need to make a phone call. I have been doing it my entire adult life. The message is ...Read More
Uniting families part of the spirit of S.A.Y. Detroit RadiothonDecember 3, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThere was a house. In Detroit. And a family. In Detroit. For decades, from the 1940’s on, they were happy ...Read More
Don’t expect Pistons’ Van Gundy to stop speaking his mindNovember 19, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsLast month, Stan Van Gundy got an email from a fan who said he wasn’t coming to any more Detroit Pistons ...Read More
Detroit Lions want respect but aren’t earning itNovember 13, 2017 | Detroit Free Press, SportsI’m going to begin this column the way the Detroit Lions began their game against the Browns. Wake me up in 20 ...Read More