The pandemic has proven pervasive and invasive. Michigan is again at or near the top of new COVID cases. A lack of cooperation, absurd conspiracy theories and outright lies conspire to thwart the efforts of our health professionals to protect us. And we’re faced with...
I have a round wooden token on my desk that I received while attending a seminar. It was at least 20 years ago, and I've long forgotten the subject matter. The token has the words printed on one side: "Round Tuit." Reasonable guesses as to the theme of the seminar...
Meryl Feinstein grew up surrounded by expectations reinforced by her parents, her school, and others. The expectations were straightforward. Meryl was expected to go to college and get a job. So explaining to a Washington Post journalist how she managed to start her...
The Republic of Madagascar sits in the Indian Ocean, approximately 250 miles off the coast of East Africa. The residents of this island nation are experiencing a climate-change-induced famine that might have gone unnoticed were it not for journalists and concerned...
According to the dictionary Google uses, the word "trust" means a "firm belief in the character, strength, or truth of someone or something." Not to be confused with a "Living Trust," which legally binds others to your wishes when you're not around to check on them....
What do you hope for? Recently, the answer to this question for a lot of us goes something like “I just want to feel normal again.” But, unfortunately, the pandemic interrupted life as we knew it and then hung around long enough to make us wonder whether “normal” is...
Just under 23 million children are living in single-parent households in the United States. According to Pew Research, at a rate of just under 25%, our nation has the world's highest rate of children living in single-parent households. This is nearly three times the...
There were a lot of folks looking forward to the Senate testimony of Frances Haugen. As a former Facebook product manager, Frances had an insider's view of this mysterious company. And after the Wall Street Journal exposed Facebook's internal workings based on...
According to the makers of FaceTuneApp, the best selfies require a little pre-planning and the help of their app. In a promotional article titled “How to Take a Selfie,” the writers blame the problem on technology. Our phone simply fails to portrait our authentic...
You can't make this stuff up. And you don't have to because it's right there in print. Turn to the book of Judith, and you'll find an intriguing story of sacrifice, deceit, and bravery by a woman willing to risk her life to save her country. A woman with her own book,...