Oakland, MI

The New Abnormal is not just a great selection of songs with a variety of pop hooks, raw vocals, and spacey electronics. The album feels like a reunion, like a group of friends getting over their grievances and petty disagreements to recognize their care for one another.

Few feelings are as organically Michigan as the sour-sweet cold snap of apple cider on the tongue. It is a ritual long paired with the first cold snap of fall. It is the unofficial flavor of flannel. And Michigan may be its Mecca. Mother Nature granted it a generous apple season, stretching from late August...

Maybe the blue and maize want to cement their spot as the public ivy. Maybe the Ivies aren’t all they used to be. The University of Michigan will pilot a pass-fail grading system for incoming freshmen in the schools of literature, science and the arts. The program, which resembles those used at MIT and Caltech,...

“See you later, you beautiful stallion,” Those were some of the last words I ever heard leave the mouth of Keenan. He was an Arabian warhorse of a man. And he was my cousin. He was a firefighter and valedictorian of his medical school program. He was the sort of man Irish folk ballads are...

The Detroit Lions enter the 2026 NFL season with expectations once again surrounding a team that believes it can compete deep into January. After missing the playoffs last season despite finishing 9-8, Detroit has the talent and experience to make a return to the postseason. The Lions’ path, however, will not be easy.  With a...

When I tell people that I show in 4-H, most of them are confused and have no idea what I am talking about. You might think that I would get annoyed having to explain it so often, but actually, I love getting to talk about 4-H and how much it means to me. While I...