I am sitting in a hotel lobby in Lisbon on the last day of a seven month trip...
This column appeared in the Northern Express on January 31, 2016 Next time, whisper. Eavesdropping in small town bars can be hilarious, uplifting, depressing, and humiliating. As such, on cold winter nights in northern Michigan, it is the most rewarding and cheapest form of entertainment. Over the last six weeks, I’ve been pretty much homebound […]
This column appeared in the Northern Express on 12/5/2015. The bizarre GOP primary season has caused a lot of head scratching on my head that is already over-scratched. It’s far too simple to dismiss the long list of candidates as silly, stupid, the clown car, etc., but that doesn’t really help us understand what has […]