Author Archives: admin

Just askin’

Posted on February 8, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on February 7, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on February 6, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on February 5, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on February 3, 2008 by admin

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

Posted on February 2, 2008 by admin

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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Schadengoogle and Kwame

Posted on January 31, 2008 by admin

Detroiters read some great journalism last week by Detroit Free Press reporters Jim Schaefer and Mike Elrick. The pair of journalistic sleuths pored over 14,000 text messages to produce their stories about how Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied under oath … Continue reading →

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Bye-bye CFP, ciao to the loo

Posted on January 29, 2008 by admin

Scuttlebutt from Freepsters suggests the Gannett-owned Detroit Media Partnership which operates the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press may be poised to axe several of the Free Press’ popular Sunday Community Free Press editions. If these murmurings are correct, then … Continue reading →

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Left to the imagination

Posted on January 27, 2008 by admin

Mr. Kerviel’s former judo teacher, Philippe Orhant, said he taught him judo for more than six years and that Mr. Kerviel later taught marital arts to children. — ‘Rogue Trader’ Portrayed By Some as Unremarkable, New York Times, Jan. 26, … Continue reading →

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Shoestring Ethics Policy

Posted on January 19, 2008 by admin

Ride hard, shoot straight and speak the shining truth.

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