‘Here’s a card to say … ‘ is what I miss on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day reminds Mitch Albom of the traditions he shared with his mom, and the space left after she was gone.
Detroit Lions betting that boring 2021 NFL draft ushers in entertaining team
The NFL draft was exciting. The Detroit Lions were not. While other teams like Jacksonville were building explosiveness by moving Clemson’s starting backfield into their own, the Lions seemed intent on putting their fan base to sleep. They picked, in...
Can’t movies make us feel good? You’d never know it by Academy Awards
One of my favorite films ever is “Sullivan’s Travels,” a black and white movie from 1941. It starts with a successful movie director who is tired of making funny, popular films. His name is Sullivan, and he’s arguing with his studio about making a “serious” movie. “I...
Careful what we wish for in eliminating the police
When U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked last summer what society would look like with defunded police, she naively answered, “a suburb.” Not exactly. I know what a nation with weakened or underfunded police looks like. I see it every month in Haiti....
Me and my COVID-19 test, a true chemical romance
It began as many relationships do. Apprehension. A feeling out process. A brief moment of intimacy. Since then, it has grown. One meeting led to two. Two to five. Five to 10. It’s been months, many months. By my count, we have now had 22 dates. That’s a lot, no?...
A trillion dollars is not a billion; why you can’t just print money
When I was a kid, I thought I knew the value of a dollar. Of course, when I was a kid, I also thought I could take a dollar and put it in a Xerox machine, and then I’d have more dollars. I’ve grown out of that notion. But I’m not sure our lawmakers have. Have you...
Michigan basketball’s Juwan Howard, now coach, hopes to shock the world again
The NCAA tournament begins in earnest today, so you’d expect a certain level of excitement. But, truthfully, can you say there is a single team that the whole country is anticipating? A group of talent or arresting personalities that many have heard of but few have...After one year of COVID-19, what would we tell our old selves?
If we knew the coronavirus war would be, essentially, one year of acute suffering followed by gradual relief, would we have behaved differently?
Songwriter stricken with ALS gives voice to new Lou Gehrig Day in baseball
Eighty-two years ago, Lou Gehrig gave his famous retirement speech at Yankee Stadium, telling fans about a neurological disease with which he’d been diagnosed. “For the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest...
A COVID-19 casualty that’s not so bad: Celebrity obsession
Last week, the most powerful celebrity couple in the world announced they were divorcing. For once, America didn’t quiver. Why is that? Two years ago, the news of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian calling it quits would have been water cooler topic No. 1. He’s...Stay Connected
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