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The new Space Race: Boldly going where no ego has gone before
You can walk past an empty building every single day. Then one day you see a line of people outside, and even though nothing has changed on the inside, you stop and say, “Hmm, I wonder what’s going on in there?” That’s what’s happening now with space....
A president is gunned down; a nation wonders what comes next
PORT-AU-PRINCE – I awoke to a text from a Haitian friend. “The President of Haiti was just assassinated. Do not go out. Cancel all visits.” It was 5:30 a.m. The roosters were squawking outside our orphanage. They normally do. But there was nothing normal about...
A familiar voice echoes on Father’s Day — his and mine
When I reached adolescence, I began to notice a change. I would answer the phone at our house, and people would say, “Oh, you sound just like your father!” It wasn’t something I aspired to at the time. Teenagers want to be their own selves, and the fact that people...
Searching for old habits in a new post-COVID world
I used to love to eat in restaurants. Five or six nights a week. When I say “used to” I don’t mean when I was a kid. I mean pre-COVID-19, about a year and a half ago. But now, even vaccinated, and with nearly all (surviving) restaurants open and willing to seat...
Naomi Osaka walks rather than talk, furthering the death of press conferences
Let’s talk about talking. How important is it? In the world of sports, it just proved very important, as Naomi Osaka, the No. 2 ranked female tennis player in the world, withdrew from the French Open rather than do press conferences after her matches....
Our most vulnerable auto crash victims are about to be struck again
One day you are yourself, the next day you are not. All you remember is the car swerving. Or the impact of the truck. Or maybe you don’t remember anything, but you wake up in the hospital with a halo around your neck and you can’t feel your toes or your feet or your...
‘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...
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....The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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