Maybe charity critics deserve ice bucket dumpSeptember 7, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, SportsIf you needed proof that the world has grown too cynical, look no further than the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.The ...Read More
Why I don’t – and shouldn’t – cruiseAugust 17, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI love cars.They don't love me back.I think they're afraid of me. I would be. My handling of cars over the years ...Read More
Margaret, John and Stevie: A shared piano, 2 broken dreamsAugust 10, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressFirst in an Occasional Series: What Poor Looks Like: The spirit and struggles of people getting by Once, ...Read More
Living in a Time When Kids’ Playtime Lands Parents in JailAugust 3, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI would like to offer a blood transfusion, free of charge, to every kid in America. Because clearly I have special ...Read More
A letter to nation on area code b’dayJuly 27, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressDear America:We just had a birthday. Our 313th. It was a bit of a big deal here, but I am guessing it makes no ...Read More
Utash, soccer ref: Results of our rageJuly 13, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, SportsWhy such anger, I wonder?On Friday morning, within minutes of perusing the newspaper, I'd read three stories from ...Read More
How LeBron and Gilbert came to bury the hatchetJuly 13, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, SportsYou shouldn't be known for the worst thing you ever did. As Dan Gilbert flew in a private plane to meet LeBron ...Read More
Down the aisle, a walking miracle for ALS father of brideJune 29, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free PressCORONA DEL MAR, Calif. Lindsay Nieto remembers it well, the day her father told her he was dying. She still ...Read More