Political commentary, opinion & insight into the state of the United States of America.

One of my teen-aged granddaughters left a magazine here last week with a cover story: Lee Ann Rimes is broke. Don’t you wonder how a young country music star who has been earning millions since she was 14 years old can go broke? Or, a pro athlete who made $20 million a year for 10 Read the full article…

I was there when it all began. Just transferred to a new position in Detroit, I watched the city burn from a motel room in Southfield under curfew. It was 1967 and the riots had broken out. I was trying to convince my wife with a new baby that moving to Detroit was a good idea. Read the full article…