Thoughts for the Day, April 25, 2022: What were they thinking?
So let me get this straight. The party that claims to be about election integrity and is tightening election laws throughout the country runs a bubble ballot at their state …
Thoughts for the Day, April 22, 2022: “Don’t Stop Believin” and “Reach Out. I’ll Be There” immortalized together.
Congrats to the rock group Journey whose song Don’t Stop Believin has been officially immortalized this month by the Library of Congress. It is now in the National Recording Registry. Don’t …
Thoughts for the Day, April 21, 2022: See my Video and Onion of the Day.
A Russian-backed fighter in front of the destroyed administration building at the Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday. Russia is claiming victory in Mariupol, Ukraine. If this is …
Thoughts for the Day, April 20, 2022: Orchid for Mallory and an Onion for Miggy
It is not often I pay attention to speeches by politicians, but this speech by Mallory McMarrow, Michigan Democratic State Senator from Royal Oak, got my attention thanks to a …
Thoughts for the Day, April 19, 2022: Why is it so hard to focus on the greater good?
Make no mistake we live in a great country. However, the recent water crisis in Benton Harbor and Flint is reminder that we could do so much better if we …
Thoughts for the Day, April 18, 2022: Moses Fleetwood Walker may have been the first.
There must have been some serious clandestine operations going on at this tire store in Lviv, Ukraine for the Russians to shoot a missile from 1,000 miles away at a …
Thoughts for the Day, April 15, 2022: Did Dave Roberts do the right thing?
I had mixed emotions today when I read about the sinking of the Russian flag ship, Moskva, in the Black Sea by two Ukrainian missiles. I was elated because this …
Thoughts for the Day, April 13, 2022: A big happy 14th birthday to my granddaughter Alexis Biggs.
I am praying for the residents of the City of Grand Rapids following the release of the video by the chief of police of the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya, …
Thoughts for the Day, April 12, 2022: And the beat goes on. We are doomed.
As a follow-up to yesterday’s story about the basketball official who quit officiating following a fight at AAU girls basketball game, I received the above tweet from multiple readers. The …
Thoughts for the Day, April 11, 2022: A great day yesterday training new umpires.
On Sunday, I spent 4 and ½ hours with four colleagues, training nearly 40 youth umpires who were between the ages of 13-17. It was a beautiful day, with comfortable …