Sunrise on the Tarmac
Descending toward a sleepy Detroit this morning had all the mixed morning feelings a flight can bring with the expectant pleasure of returning home in time for Christmas. The flight out from DC gave me a clear view of the well lit street lights with very little traffic on any of the streets or highways. Surprisingly our landing had the same optics, character and feel to it here in DTWville. There was no snow to greet me. No hope of seeing my breath as I walked to my car. No real need at all for the jacket I have been carrying around since I left four days ago. It was still dark when...
Read MoreJustice Fellowship
Here is the press release that went out announcing my new job as Director of External Affairs for Justice Fellowship. ### Justice Fellowship Advocating for Criminal Justice Reform FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ryan Sanders Ph. 703-554-8453 Email: Ryan_Sanders@pfm.org Former Michigan House Speaker Named Director of External Affairs at Justice Fellowship LANSDOWNE, VA, December 20, 2011—Justice Fellowship announced the appointment of Craig DeRoche, former Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, as their Director of External Affairs. DeRoche will work with federal and state...
Read MoreThe Baby and His Mother Stamp
This week I made the time honored trudge through slush and snow and brisk winter winds to wait in the long lines of my local USPS. This is one of the few things that can be replaced by the internet (stamps.com) but largely isn’t– at least in my own experience and the others who were standing in a motionless line when I arrived. The scene there was almost exactly the same as I have encountered for twenty or more holiday seasons, only louder and more animated. The woman at the desk being served when I was about three people away from my turn was letting in to the worker who was...
Read MoreDetroit Sports
Detroit had a rough weekend. The state didn’t do much better. Or should I say, State didn’t do much better. As if the Lions throwing away a second game and Red Wings snapping a losing streak wasn’t enough, MSU let the first Big Ten Championship Game slip through like the crisp winter breeze that snapped onto the scene Sunday. I am convinced after watching MSU play Wisconsin twice that if the two teams were to take each other on ten times they would each come out with 5 and 5 records. I guess for this year, MSU just picked which game to win and which to lose in the...
Read MoreGetting There
This website is taking much longer than I thought to develop. Thinking about this at 12am on a weeknight I suppose there shouldn’t be much of a surprise that a former insurance salesman and politician can’t quite get his code and widgets to present well for the website. Oh, well. Not much more to do before the site is fully functional. Persistence, persistence.
Read MoreWelcome to my blog!
Welcome to the collection of thoughts and insights this website was created to share with my friends, family and well… you! Over the years I have never been shy about contributing to the debate or slow to express an opinion. For stretches of my career I have even been semi-diligent about writing opinion pieces in newspapers.
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