Rory’s Blog
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The End of People Watching
Airports always used to be a source of entertainment. I remember, as a kid, being excited to see all these interesting strangers going to exotic places: stressed families on a Spring Break trip to Florida, serious business travelers prepping a pitch en route to New York, bachelorettes in cowboy hats drinking their way to Nashville.…
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Back to the Garden
A few months ago, after a work visit to U of M Dearborn, I stumbled upon Fair Lane, the estate of Henry and Clara Ford. I parked my car in an empty lot and made my way to the sprawling 17-acre estate with a 56-room mansion on the Rouge River. I’d never thought much about…
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FanDuel Made Me a Baseball Dad (Sort Of)
Kids have a funny way of dictating your interests, and sometimes even making you compromise your own principles. In my case, a few months ago my son James started playing baseball—a sport I abandoned at age 7, precisely the moment I was asked to hit a ball that was moving. I had actually been an…
