Justin Verlander staked an early claim to regaining his role as the Detroit Tigers' ace, throwing two shutout innings Wednesday in a 5-4 win over Atlanta in each team's spring training opener. ...more

February 25, 2009

I notice Republicans blame all ills on Democrats, and Democrats blame Republicans. No one is 100 percent right all of the time or wrong 100 percent of the time; but really, let's put blame where it belongs. Like the gas shortages, did we the American people do anything to conserve? No! We still have to drive our gas guzzlers and heaven forbid we cut our speed. At stop lights we floor board these monsters and reach that 60 miles per hour in three seconds. Heaven forbid we go to a smaller vehicle; we did! We bought a Toyota, used for economy. ...more

August 13, 2008