What is an appropriate question? When I was a young cub reporter working for Big Jim Sherman, Sr., smack dab outta’ college, fresh with youthful idealism, a journalism and marketing degree, a pocketful of pens and a reporter’s note pad I had a number of ‘beats.? (For those not in the know, a beat is […]
Just goes to show my old man, dear old Pops Rush, was right, lo? those many years ago when he said, ‘Son, you’ll learn something new every day.? (Or something like that — he died in 1996, so I can change his quotes to fit whatever context I need without fear of him correcting me.) […]
As any one who has drank from the fountain of knowledge that is the column called Don’t Rush Me can attest, I ain’t the brightest firefly in the night sky. Those who thirst for wisdom and higher insight rarely have their need sated from reading what I lay down with my trusty keyboard. So, what […]
Some how, some way and for some years now, I always get notice informing me when you and I stop working to pay the government, and start working to help ourselves and our families. Tax Freedom Day, the day when we have collectively earned enough money to pay our federal, state taxes, arrived in Michigan […]
I always thought one of the nifty things about living in America, as a citizen of these here United States, was the freedom to be ‘Me? or the freedom for you to be ‘You.? Carrying that notion a bit further, is the freedom to think, feel and express myself as I see fit. You can, […]
We are becoming a ‘soft? nation. An ocean of ‘wimps? and ‘hoity toitys? (whoever they are) will soon be upon us. No longer will we be a nation of beer and burgers — everybody will want Chablis and crumpets (whatever they are). Woe is us. I have come to this conclusion after thorough research. The […]
Okay you out there in Readerland, you may now call me ‘Don, Don, the fashion mon.? Or Don, Fashion Nazi — your call (and sorry for the phonetics up there). But, who woulda thunk when I asked, ‘Moms, Dads you know yoga pants put on display for the entire world to see, the shape and […]
Every once in a while, even a highly skilled, trained and veteran column writer like me thinks, ‘Rut-ro, Raggy. What am I gonna? write about now?? Aside from the easy, Scooby Doo reference, life isn’t a cartoon. Those darned kids aren’t always to blame and things rarely go as scripted like on TV. So, sometimes […]
I went to A Bean To Go in downtown Lake Orion the other morning for a cup of coffee. The coffee is awesome; the atmosphere everything you’d want for a coffee shop — old brick walls, wooden floors, big windows, and lots of space. The owner/roast master Kirk Walker, was his friendly self. Everything was […]
Two weeks ago I did what most columnists do: I opined. I dared to swim against the current. And, in doing so I stirred up some muck and muddied the proverbial pure flowing waters leading to the mecca of civilization, of course the zealots all know that to be Royal Oak, Michigan. I wrote (about […]