Michael J. Stern - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I was a state prosecutor outside of Detroit for three years and a federal prosecutor, in Detroit and Los Angeles, for 25 years. For two years I represented indigent defendants in federal court.

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Total articles 222

• Another person I love has died. I've developed a horrible fear of death. | Opinion

  By Michael J. Stern| USA Today Verified I've not seen a therapist for a few years, but I recently made an appointment in the hope that I can navigate my way out of the emotional quicksand. I'm making other changes, too. Michael J. SternOpinion contributorIt’s happened again. Another person I love has died. When I joined the Department of Justice, as the decade rolled into 1990, I was the youngest federal prosecutor in the Detroit office of more than a hundred attorneys ... and I had a secret.

  By Michael J. Stern · USA Today

  Apr. 11, 2025

• I'm an atheist, but Israel-Hamas war has pulled me closer to my Jewish roots

  By Michael J. Stern| Yahoo News Verified My partner of 13 years was diagnosed with cancer recently. This week, a team of surgeons will remove half of his large intestine, and hopefully all the malignant tumor. On Thanksgiving, when we got the word that the cancer was operable and he had a good prospect for survival, I confided to a Jewish friend that I had been terrified the cancer had spread and that the man I love would spend his last months in agony.

  By Michael J. Stern · Yahoo News

  Dec. 14, 2023

• Quit saying Tuesday was good for Democrats

  By Michael J. Stern| The Hill Verified For as long as Republicans threatened a midterm election “red wave,” I clung to a sliver of optimism that no American could watch the MAGA attack on the United States Capitol — and the GOP effort to excuse it — and still go to the polls and vote Republican.

  By Michael J. Stern · The Hill

  Nov. 12, 2022

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USA Today

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