Thoughts for the Day, January 27, 2021: Transparency
The Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act were created to encourage transparency between government officials and the citizens. These laws are not perfect but they serve a …
Thoughts for the Day, January 26, 2021: Let the kids play winter sports
The pressure on Governor Whitmer and Elizabeth Hertel, the Director of Health and Human Services to open up high school winter sports continues to mount. I predict it will soon …
Thoughts for the Day, January 25, 2021: All sports today
The biggest sports story for me is the University of Michigan suspending all sports for two weeks until February 6 as a result of a number of cases of the …
Thoughts for the Day, January 22, 2021: Hammering Hank
As a young kid watching the MLB all star game every year, I disliked Hank Aaron because the American League could never keep him off the bases. If we wasn’t …
Thoughts for the Day, January 21, 2021: I work up this morning emotionally exhausted
By the time I went to bed last night my emotions were all over the place. The stress and emotions of the political climate for the last year seemed to …
Thoughts for the Day, January 20, 2021: Hope and Unity and Amanda Gorman
The theme throughout the inauguration was hope and unity. Hope and unity for all of us regardless of gender,race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, republican, democrat, conservative, liberal or whether …
Thoughts for the Day, January 19, 2021: Inauguration Eve
Noon on January 20, 2021 is a moment over 80 million people have been waiting for and dreaming about for four years. For most of those 80 million people the …
Thoughts for the Day, January 18, 2021: MLK Day
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a national holiday. It has been nearly 53 years since King was taken from us in a senseless assassination of a man who …
Thoughts for the Day, January 14, 2021: It is still a slippery slope
I read the Detroit News report on the indictment of former Governor Snyder, former Director of Health and Human Services Nick Lyon and aide Rich Baird. Snyder was charged two …
Thoughts for the Day, January 13, 2021: A slippery slope
Attorney General Dana Nessel is planning on bringing criminal charges against 10 people including former Governor Rick Snyder, former Director of Health and Human Services Nick Lyon and Snyder aide …