by Mitch Albom | Jun 23, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
When the story broke last week about a group of Colorado parents fighting each other at their children’s baseball game — and by fighting, I mean real punches, haymakers, bodies thrown to the ground — many people were shocked. I wasn’t. One thing any veteran...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 16, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
Most folks over 35 will agree, high school today isn’t the way they remember it. Here’s an example: two weeks ago, in what’s becoming a national trend, a California valedictorian named Nataly Buhr used parts of her speech to trash her school. “To my counselor, thank...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 9, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
This time, it’s not a hole in the roof. It’s a gap in the community. Ten years ago, I wrote about a church on Brainard and Trumbull, not far from old Tiger Stadium. It was holding services in the rain and snow — literally, in the rain and snow — because a large roof...
by Mitch Albom | Jun 2, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proudly signed the new auto no-fault insurance reform bill last week, she did so in broad daylight with the power elite on Mackinac Island. Too bad the bill itself was whipped together in the wee hours, hidden from any serious public debate,...
by Mitch Albom | May 19, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
Tonight is the final episode of “Game of Thrones.” This means nothing on a how-does-it-change-the-world scale, unless you are one of millions who have watched this show from the beginning, which I believe was the Paleolithic Era. In which case, it feels like it’s the...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 29, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
ZIMBABWE — I was in a hotel room here, minutes away from one of the seven natural wonders of the world, when I got the phone call that Judge Damon Keith had died. Only hours earlier, I had stood in the glorious spray of Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall on the...
by Mitch Albom | Apr 14, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
God is tied. A recent survey showed there are now as many Americans who claim “no religion” — 23 percent — as there are who identify as Catholic or evangelical, the two largest affiliations. This trend has been rising steadily, reportedly growing nearly 270 percent in...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 31, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
Not long ago, we were talking about living to 120. Remember? Science and medicine were advancing so rapidly, we figured to double the life expectancy of our grandparents. What would we do with all those extra years? Apparently, we can stop worrying about that. At...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 24, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
This is a story about the streets of Detroit, and their empty, abandoned, overgrown lots, and by this point you’re thinking crime, violence, heartbreak. And I’m thinking … honey. It’s the first week of spring, so why not, instead of the same old negative talk, focus...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 18, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment |
There’s a famous scene in “Casablanca” where the corrupt police chief played by Claude Rains shuts down Humphrey Bogart’s casino. “I’m shocked — shocked — to find that gambling is going on in here!” Rains deadpans. A croupier then hands him a wad of cash. “Your...
