by Mitch Albom | Jul 3, 2016 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I was walking in the woods. I ran into Thomas Jefferson. He was carrying a box, wrapped in a bow. “Which state is this?” he asked. Michigan, I said. “Hmm, I don’t know that one.” What’s in the box, Thomas? “A present for the country. By my calculations, you are about...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 26, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
In America and around the world, there is a rise in “graduation ceremonies” for elementary school students, kindergarten students, even preschool students. Some wonder if caps, gowns and commencement speeches are really necessary for such early stages of education…...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 19, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
The assault rifle traces back to Nazi Germany. Did you know that? The Germans were trying to develop a more effective weapon for their soldiers, one that rivaled the firepower of a submachine gun but had better accuracy in more confined spaces. Kill faster, closer in....
by Mitch Albom | Jun 12, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Reflecting on the tales centered around Gordie Howe–Mr. Hockey–shows he touched most of metro Detroit, hockey world in special way Here’s a Gordie Howe story. He was playing at the old Olympia, and an opposing player hit him and somehow cut his hand....
by Mitch Albom | Jun 10, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Superman just bid us farewell. It’s hard to believe, Gordie Howe dying, because for so many years, he seemed immune to all of life’s blows. From a terrible early head injury that might have ended other players’ careers, to a stroke a few years ago that brought him to...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 5, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, Sports
He died without famous last words, without a selfie video, without a single tweet. The man we knew as the Greatest hadn’t been heard by the public in decades. If anything speaks to the enormity of Muhammad Ali, it is the fact that he was bigger in silence than the...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 5, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
A silverback gorilla belongs in the Cincinnati Zoo as much as a human being belongs in an African bird’s nest. But when a child got into that gorilla’s enclosure last weekend, and the animal was killed to protect the child’s life, we were suddenly arguing as if both...
by Mitch Albom | May 29, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
Every day, on my way to work, I pass a man in old clothes and a cap. His name is James Scales, but he goes by Cricket. He stands on a corner near the Lodge Freeway. Sometimes he holds a sign asking for help. Cricket is homeless. I know this because I speak to him....
by Mitch Albom | May 22, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
Last month, a pastor named Jordan Brown, who is openly gay, went into a Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas, and purchased a cake. He ordered the words “Love Wins” to be written in icing. On the car ride home, he claimed, he noticed an antigay slur written on the cake...
by Mitch Albom | May 15, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
The other day I wanted to change an airline ticket. I was told it would cost $250, plus whatever fare increase the new ticket would bring. So I skipped it. Later that day, when I checked in online, I was informed the same flight was oversold and was asked whether I...
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