by Mitch Albom | Jul 27, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Dear America:We just had a birthday. Our 313th. It was a bit of a big deal here, but I am guessing it makes no sense to you. Many things from Detroit do not.So let me explain. Our 313th was significant because 313 is our area code. Yes. Our area code. It has been...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 13, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Why such anger, I wonder?On Friday morning, within minutes of perusing the newspaper, I’d read three stories from around our area, all of which left me shaking my head.The first was the funeral for a beloved soccer referee, killed with one punch from an angry...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 13, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
You shouldn’t be known for the worst thing you ever did. As Dan Gilbert flew in a private plane to meet LeBron James last Sunday, he made notes about things to say, things he had been thinking about for four years, since the night James announced on national TV...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 29, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. Lindsay Nieto remembers it well, the day her father told her he was dying. She still was in high school, and, with her older brother, she met her dad and stepmother at a coffee shop before classes. “They came walking towards us,...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 22, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Last week was Father’s Day. We know that from the calendar, the lines at restaurants and the holiday sales at Best Buy. But the rest of the year, fatherhood is shrinking in significance. I’m not just talking about physical absence – a third of...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 15, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
JERUSALEM – And then Mick Jagger walked in.I was in Israel, with several friends, visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed to be the site where Jesus was crucified and later buried. It is one of the biggest religious destinations in the world, viewed...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 1, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
How big is this planet? Here’s how big. On one side, we pass laws to ensure gay couples can marry. On the other side, a wife is sentenced to death for refusing to denounce her religion.Right now, Meriam Ibrahim, 27, sits in a Sudanese prison, nursing a newborn...
by Mitch Albom | May 21, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I’ve worked for minimum wage. Many times. Selling programs. Frying chicken. Janitor. Factory worker. Ice cream scooper.In each case, I saved the money and put it toward college and grad school. What I lacked, I borrowed in loans. With my degree, I eventually got a...
by Mitch Albom | May 11, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Two teens were beating up on each other. It looked like a barroom brawl. Their bodies hurled around the room. Furniture flew. Onlookers screamed.Except this wasn’t a barroom. It was a classroom. At Detroit’s Pershing High School. And the first responder...
by Mitch Albom | May 9, 2014 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Well, Calvin Johnson should be happy.With defenses moving his way every time the ball is snapped, Johnson now has hopes they will look someplace else – toward the newest Lion, tight end Eric Ebron, the team’s first-round pick in Thursday’s NFL...
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