Tats, ghosts and puffy, white tennis shoes

First off kids, don’t try this at home or for any high school or collegiate paper for which you will be graded. I am a highly trained and 40-hour a week salaried professional. What you are about to witness, if I can pull it off, is a column which weaves three, seemingly unrelated topics into […]

Death by any other name is still dead

I can’t help it. I know it’s not funny. I know it’s not a joke. But ‘death by hamster? just sounds funny to me. I am bad. I’m going to Hell. But, I can’t help it. In 2005, I remember reading about people who died because they received donated organs infected with some sort of […]

Sunny and 80 degrees for Memorial Day?

I asked a question in a my headline, and I think it was an appropriate question, ‘Sunny and 80 for Memorial Day?? The answer, sad to say is, ‘No.? Weather prognosticator Swami Don says this weekend while, reverent and solemn, will be kinda sucky (which also means it will be sorta good). Friday looks to […]

Clarkston readers want to know: What is an appropriate question

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 […]

Dangblabit! I missed World Naked Gardening Day

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.) […]

Michiganians, hear me now!

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 […]

Praise be, Tax Freedom Day has come our way

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 […]

Legislating thought dangerous? Nah, inevitable

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, […]

A nation of marshmallow soft, hoity toitys?

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 […]

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