Knowing history is incredibly important to understand ourselves and to see what we need to fix and what has worked and what has failed. Too often there is a segment of our society that doesn’t want to discuss our history whether it be racism, how we treated Native Americans, women…

We are now in the last 70 days of the most consequential election in my life and possibly the last 150 years, so I am updating the ranking of the candidates most dangerous to our constitutional democracy. Throughout this year, the GOP has nominated a plethora of election denying, crazy…

As we enter the last 90 days of the most consequential election in my life and possibly the last 150 years, it is time to do a ranking of the candidates most dangerous to our constitutional democracy. Throughout this year, the GOP has nominated a plethora of election denying, crazy…

Nearly forty years ago, in 1973 as a 12 year old, I became fascinated by the Watergate hearings. On a family vacation that summer in Northern Michigan I couldn’t keep my eyes off those hearings and watched each day as my siblings played in Lake Michigan. It was from that…

Sometimes in the journey of history and political change, certain moments and places are a microcosm of a larger story and unfolding. Michigan is one of those today. It has become the frontline in the battle between democracy and autocracy, between truth and lies, and between love and hate. This…

In the last 72 hours we have heard tons of discussion about the “Rooney Rule” in relation to former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores and his historic lawsuit filed on the first day of Black History Month. …

“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. …

We survived the moment, but we haven’t dealt with major health issues For many of us in our physical and mental health after years of living on this planet and the miles we have put on our bodies, we believe we are relatively healthy. We may have aches and pains…

On this day in 1843, Charles Dickens’ incredibly impactful A Christmas Carol is first published in England. There is a quote from the character Jacob Marley that has always stayed with me: “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.” …