I was born in Flint, Michigan.  If you’ve seen Michael Moore’s Roger and Me, you’ve learned about Flint.  On the whole, Flint is not a bad place.  GM came in, made a lot of otherwise bottom-rung-hugging people very wealthy- then ...

(sorry, couldn’t resist the Fiddler on the Roof humor) The Olympics start Friday.  Friday night will be the pagentry of the opening ceremonies. I’ll put aside the fact that I think the US should be boycotting the opening ceremonies citing...

I wouldn’t call myself a hovercraft parent.  Yes, I had a full-on breakdown when I learned my daughter will not have the first grade teacher my son had.  C’mon, can you blame me?  The teacher and I are friends. We have the lines of...