Monthly Archives: February 2008

Just askin’

Wonder if Christine Beatty will flip. You know, the Detroit mayor’s recently resigned chief of staff who, according to published text messages, had an affair with hizzoner about which they both allegedly lied in court. AKA perjury. Now she’s charged … Continue reading

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Sayings of Hank Fonde

Some people are just natural-born poets. One of those people was Hank Fonde, my father-in-law. Longtime University of Michigan football fans will remember Hank as a key player on the UM squad in the mid and late 1940s. He was … Continue reading

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Kwamegate out of control

Sometimes small is big. And sometimes big is small. The steam rising from the Detroit Free Press’ revelation two weeks ago of the text messages between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff/paramour Christine Beatty has really roasted … Continue reading

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Kudos to Dave

This just in — The Detroit Free Press won’t be killing its Sunday suburban editions after all. “Readers like them too much,” was the consensus of top editors, I’m told. I’d been hearing from insiders that the Community Free Press, … Continue reading

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Spiking the Super Bowl pizza

I’m no sports writer, so it was neat to think my byline would appear over a Super Bowl story. What a drag that my first-ever Super Bowl piece failed to meet the exacting publication standards of the Detroit Free Press. … Continue reading

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My first boat

I get a little tired of hearing people brag about their classy yachts. Know what I mean? Here’s somebody a little better endowed in the money department able to afford a vessel that, for all the chest-thumping, ought to have … Continue reading

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