My very brief life as director, and … cut!August 19, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLOS ANGELES - In Hollywood, everyone wants to be a director. The actors. The shoe salesmen. You can stop a ...Read More
Bank to bushes, he keeps his faithAugust 12, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHe kneels in garden beds. He trims branches and lays mulch. Once upon a time, five months ago, he had an important ...Read More
100 Houses: Help board up dangerAugust 5, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThey were homes once, but they are homes no longer. They are hollow dangers. Hiding places. Drug houses.They are ...Read More
Mother Batie’s life made others’ betterJuly 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressShe always stood tall, even when sitting in a wheelchair, and when they rolled her through her soup kitchen, ...Read More
It’s not just guns, it’s the personJuly 22, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressWe were coming out of a movie theater. There were four of us. This was Thursday, just about midnight. "Hey, we ...Read More
Pills-a-poppin’: Our medication nationJuly 15, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressLast week, my father, who is 83, suffered a medical emergency. At the hospital, he was asked this question: "How ...Read More
What if we ignore Tom, Katie’s split?July 8, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIf I were king of the world, I would insist on a moratorium for Hollywood marriages: no talking about them until ...Read More
Always in mind, if rarely in tuneJuly 1, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe band broke up.We hit the final chord. We heard sweet applause. And then, after 20 years together, we walked ...Read More