There are lots of cards we can still play now, but we’ve lost some good ones too.

Honestly, I don't think I'll ever understand how some people who purport to be Christian so thoroughly miss the actual teachings of Jesus Christ.

If "hunky dory" means the same thing as "right as rain," then we face the question of how right rain is.

I was able to survive all that and graduate. Hurray for me! And also, who cares? It certainly doesn't mean that a student today needs to have that exact same experience I did in order to succeed. We've learned a lot about mental health since then. (Educated people learn things. That's how education works.)

While we may know highfalutin language when we hear it, we don't all agree about how to spell "highfalutin" or where it comes from.

This week, voters here in Michigan chose a man named Abdul El-Sayed to be Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate. Like him, don't like him. Like his policies, don't like his policies. Vote for him in November, don't vote for him. Your choice. But don't fall for the BS and demonize him because of his name.

We exchange scuttlebutt at the proverbial water cooler, and there's an etymological clue in that.

President Donald Trump came to Michigan this week and delivered a speech that very much had this vibe. And in fact he did say to his subjects, er, the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen of Michigan, the golden age of America is upon us!"

The little clock we wear on our wrist could be called a clock. Instead, it has long had its own term, being called a watch instead.

I figured that there would likely be additional drama about the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge and, sure enough, there is. Here's a link to a pretty good summary, but the overarching story is how stupidly unnecessary the drama is.