My ‘Fifty Shades’ of newfound embarrassmentJune 24, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt's official.I've become a prude.I thought this happened only in adolescence. I thought once you got past those ...Read More
Certainly, sir … what did you say again?June 21, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThe flight attendant smiles. "Something to drink?" "Water, please," I say. She asks the next guy over, then turns ...Read More
Fake pot can have real consequencesJune 3, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressIt sounds relatively harmless. Synthetic marijuana. Like pot for people who don't want to get arrested.For a ...Read More
Save the questions for humans, not your phoneMay 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressI'm not talking.Not to a phone.It may be all the rage for celebrities in iPhone commercials to have pithy ...Read More
Winans’ attack: We’re all at riskMay 20, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressHe is a famous gospel singer, a TV star, a pastor who gave the stirring eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral.That ...Read More
Ernie, two years gone, is still hereApril 29, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressThere's a scene in the play "Ernie" in which the actor playing Ernie Harwell re-enacts the way he broadcast ...Read More
I’d like to teach to the world to … gleeApril 15, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressSometimes, when you live in Michigan, people from out of state ask you, "Why?"This is a story that answers that ...Read More
Words with Friends’ spells e-a-t-s t-i-m-eApril 8, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free PressDon't tempt me.Put it away.I have resisted "Pong," "Space Invaders," "Pac-Man" and "Super Mario Bros."I have ...Read More