ODE TO THE TREE CLIMBERS There are stories of humanity’s triumphs everywhere. This one… Ode to the Tree Climbers. John Audretsch is one of my “surviving” classmates from Detroit Catholic Central High School… class of 1961. His survival and long life were not givens. John spent much of his life as a Tree Climber in […]

The Sleepless Ghost of Mad, George the III   What could be better than sharing America’s 250 birthday with Great Britain’s Mad, King George III ? “What’s that you say” ? No, you’re wrong. Mad, King George III, ain’t dead. I just read today’s 5/13/2026 Detroit News (Trump shares post calling for Obama’s arrest). As […]

Newspaper Journalism Killing Our Right To Know   The Problem ??? Decline of American Newspaper Journalism What’s wrong with American “newspaper” journalism today… as we march through the Twenty First Century ??? Some would say “nothing” and they would be wrong. Some would say it’s becoming an indecipherable art form and I (a man who […]

Bad Journalism 2025… CBS Kills 60 Minute CECOT Story     Detroit News, front page story of 12/23/25 (from the Washington Post) The Detroit News, front-page story (Unaired Story on Trump Policy Stirs ’60 minutes’ Spat ) was written by two Washington Post reporters and re-published on the front page of the Detroit News on […]

TRUMP’S IRAN WAR “SWIMMING” FULL SPEED… BACKWARDS   Collateral damage of War ??? Thousands of “innocents” have been killed, maimed, disabled and displaced by Trump’s, preemptive-strike, War of Aggression against Iran. Over a hundred, young schoolgirls blown-up with missiles (before their lives even began)… all on the basis of America’s admitted, flawed intelligence. OOPS. Sorry […]

JESUITS   Patricia Khoury, you ask… “Fred, how come [people say] Jesuits are not true Catholics?” Well, Patricia… let me sum up my “Back Row” Catholic views on the subject. Only a Voice of One…  I am not a spokesperson for the Jesuits. But, as a backrow Catholic “voice of one,” I see Jesuits (derived from the […]

READ ALL ABOUT IT !!! THE 2026 STATE OF THE NON-UNION ADDRESS STARRING HUMPTY DUMPTY AS PINOCCHIO (A… Through the Looking Glass Production)     Irish John Walsh… C.C. Shamrock 1963 You recently wrote, “Detroit still has a primal hold on my heart, and I am protective of it.” Lyrical and well said. John, please allow me to discuss some […]

Slaying of The “Innocents”   Once there was a beautiful baby boy… A sweet and innocent child of joy But one the World had to destroy A kid from whom much was expected So, his sweetness & innocence had to be rejected To fashion a kid, Capitalism better reflected So, the Rulers of Fate held […]

“Transactional” Pinocchios and Humpty Dumptys How about, that Kid Rock ??? Marketing his “Made in Detroit” t-shirts that were not made in Detroit. With his credibility then challenged, the Kid (a “dyed in the wool” supporter of our “Transactional”… Pinocchio President) tells us that everyone knows his “Made in Detroit” t-shirts were not made in […]