Like it or not, President Barack Obama does not mince his words. Perhaps that is why even some of the people who do not agree with him appreciate and respect his candor and approach to issues.

He is not George W. Bush. He does not run his administration like the former president who believed in imposition and confrontation rather than consensus building and engagement.

In a recent WDIV Channel 4 interview with anchor Devin Scillian, I and two other media colleagues, Stephen Anderson of the Detroit Free Press and Nolan Finley of the Detroit News, were asked to grade the...

The media has really outdone itself. Michael Jackson is a legend and his passing certainly merited a huge amount of coverage, but not that much. It was (and continues to be) way over the top, giving new meaning to the word “excessive.”

It is quite possible that Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela — combined!
— would not receive this much media attention and, let’s face it, be exploited to this extent.

And regarding “the big event” (the “star-studded memorial”), it is easy to understand why Jackson’s longtime...

With the U.S. Open Tennis Championships on the horizon, Venus and
Serena Williams have firmly repositioned themselves as the two best
women’s players in the world.

Over the Fourth of July weekend at Wimbledon, Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, playing for the men’s singles title, put on a classic tennis duel that many are calling one of the best ever.

In beating Roddick in five sets, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14, Federer
earned his record 15th Grand Slam title, moving ahead of one of my favorite tennis stars of all time, Pete...

Motown Records is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Naturally, it is a big deal, especially in Detroit, where Berry Gordy founded the record empire in 1959.

In fact, the building that now houses the Motown Museum, and where Gordy began his assembly line of entertainers on West Grand Boulevard,
has been a major attraction to hundreds of local and out-of-town visitors this year while serving as a positive light for the city’s image.

Of course, Motown isn’t the only attraction in Detroit. The Kronk Boxing
Team, which is famous worldwide, is...

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