by Mitch Albom | Jan 27, 2013 | Detroit Free Press
Last week, Southwest Airlines, which likes to brag about being the “no-fee” airline, announced a new fee:You can pay $40 to board the plane sooner.This is separate from the $10 you can pay for early check-in or the higher-priced “business...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 20, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports
It is a love triangle for the 21st Century: a real man, a fake woman and a bunch of Internet impostors. Still, I do not understand the anger directed at Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o. Whom did he hurt?Yes, it is a bizarre story. As a freshman,...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 13, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
At first I thought I was hearing it wrong. A lesbian couple who had a daughter through artificial insemination was chasing the sperm donor for child support.”That can’t be right,” I said.It wasn’t. Actually, the government was chasing the sperm...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 13, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
The bell rang. A boy opened the door. He saw hundreds of men on his front porch.”We’re back!””Who are you?””Hockey!””Lemme call my dad.””No, wait. It’s you we want. The young fan. You’re the...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 6, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
What are you doing New Year’s Eve? It’s an invitation. A famous song. And last week, for me, it was actually an issue.For the first time, I was not in the U.S. on Dec. 31. I had gone by myself to Haiti to be with the children of an orphanage our charity...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 30, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It’s the last weekend of the year. Everyone is looking back, analyzing and ranking.I’ve given this some thought. I’ve combed through the headlines from last January to December.Here, then, is my 2012 Year in Review:The president was re-elected. We...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 23, 2012 | Detroit Free Press, Comment
The hole in the roof has been patched and plastered, the church is warm and dry. But other holes are not so easily fixed. Two years ago this past week, the Rev. Henry Covington, the pastor who founded I Am My Brother’s Keeper Ministries in Detroit, traveled to...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 16, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Turn on the news.We’ve become far too used to that sentence. It usually means something horrible has happened. We heard it when O.J. Simpson was being chased by police cars. We heard it when planes flew into the World Trade Center.We heard it Friday, when a...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 9, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports
Stick to sports.I’ve heard it often. So have many of my colleagues. NBC’s Bob Costas just heard it in spades.Costas focused his halftime commentary last Sunday night on the horrific murder-suicide involving Jovan Belcher.The Kansas City Chiefs linebacker,...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 2, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Unlike some people, I wasn’t bothered when “Two and a Half Men” star Angus T. Jones told the world his show was “filth.”Let’s face it. He’s got a point.Sure, he’s part of the show – and it’s one of the most...
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