by Mitch Albom | Dec 13, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Given that man invented money, shouldn’t he understand it better?Instead, how money works remains the biggest mystery this side of cancer or “American Idol” voting. We can’t even get a consensus on a stupidly simple question: Should we raise...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 7, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
You can’t save all of Haiti. But you can save a part of it.I learned that in four trips this year. I rode with Detroit volunteers in a bumpy van through mountains of rubble after the horrific earthquake, saw impossible suffering, families in mud-drenched tents,...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 7, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Well, at least they made the fans happy.Bears fans.There were as many of them at Ford Field on Sunday as there were Lions fans. Thanks for coming, folks! Try a coney dog before you leave! It’s the least Chicago folks could do for Detroit, which launched this...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 21, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Some people you just get used to. There’s a guy in our Sports Department, a big hunk of man named Matt Fiorito. Matt was larger than life – when sitting, he seemed to be squatting on a throne – and he loved to talk and he loved to eat; he shook when...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 21, 2010 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The pass hit a Wisconsin lineman, flew up in the air and fluttered back into his arms. J.J. Watt – all 6-feet-6 and nearly 300 pounds of him – began to rumble. And the only thing in his way was poor Denard Robinson, the quarterback who threw the ball....
by Mitch Albom | Nov 14, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
The regrets trickle in. Can’t make it this year. Too much going on. Airfare too high. Work is crazy.Once, missing Thanksgiving was unthinkable. But “once” was a long time ago.Now there are reasons. Good reasons. At least on paper. This one has a high...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 4, 2010 | Parade Magazine
Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak got fed up with the mean-spiritedness of D.C. The elections are over. Bart Stupak did not run. After nine terms in Congress, the Democratic representative from Michigan’s 1st District is walking away to the winter of his discontent, sadly...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 28, 2010 | Detroit Free Press
You should never go from a jail cell to a college football field, so I sure hope Mark Dantonio doesn’t reinstate cornerback Chris L. Rucker – who is scheduled to get out of jail today – in time for Saturday’s game against Iowa.We don’t...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 28, 2010 | News
Henry came all the way out to San Jose to the Cathedral of Faith Church to join me in front of 2000 people to talk about the “Have A Little Faith” journey.