DETROIT — Three months before the 2016 election, the political landscape of Michigan — then, as in 2020, a critical battleground for the White House — was clear. Donald J. Trump’s campaign was sinking fast. Two-thirds of female voters in the state considered him unqualified for the presidency. Hillary Rodham Clinton was ahead in the Republican strongholds […]

Nationalists — white or otherwise — need “invasions” on a regular basis in order to stay revved up and equal to the cause. Thus: “We are experiencing an invasion on a level never seen before in history,” the New Zealand killer (whose name I will not mention, honoring the precedent set by the country’s prime […]

I’ve long believed keeping company with positive, high-energy people is the best way to live life to its fullest, which is why I try to surround myself with friendly, proactively gracious types. But on the theory it never hurts having another cheerful, kind individual around, I am always delighted when another upbeat person enters my […]

Just what we need—an entire month to remind us of aging. Yea. Let’s celebrate together. Gray hair. Thinning hair. No hair. Wrinkling skin. Brown age spots. Ringing in ears. Stiff joints. Leaky bladders. Sagging in the front and sagging in the back. Whoopee. Let’s have a party with oatmeal and prune juice. We can play […]

When old Joe Gilliam began digging that hole in his front yard, out there close to the street, neighbors watched and wondered. When he got his grandson to help him carry the shade tree sapling from his pickup to the hole, people nodded. Mystery solved. Old Joe’s planting a tree. After removing the root mass […]

Impeachment is in the air. The Mueller report made no criminal charges against President Trump, but questioned some of his attempts to obstruct the inquiry.  Some in Congress believe he should be impeached for those actions. Impeachment is almost always political, and it could well be in this case.  Only Democrats are considering impeachment.  They […]