by Mitch Albom | Jan 26, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
As a writer of books, I guess I should be happy that any book is getting attention in this TV- and movie-soaked world. I do wish it wasn’t for these reasons. A new novel by a writer named Jeanine Cummins is causing some to go crazy with praise and others to go...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 19, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
It’s only taken three weeks, but I think I know what 2020 will be the year of: Apologies. They’re coming fast and furious. Celebrities. Politicians. Teachers. Corporations. Countries. Even churches — which, ironically, is where you used to go to apologize. I base my...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 12, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, News, Sunday Comment
She would have turned 10 last week. We would have had a big party, a big cake, all her friends, all our relatives. There would have been presents and candles and a very loud Happy Birthday song, and too many people would have asked her, “How does it feel to be double...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 22, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
The morning after President Donald Trump was impeached, I got in a car to go to the airport. The driver was a man I have known for some time. His name is Walid. He is always upbeat when he greets me, in a navy sports coat, a tie and a vest, his brown eyes...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 15, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
There are two types of people in the world. Those who can’t wait for Christmas music, and those who dread it. The first group melts into happy smiles at the opening notes of “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey. They wave a conductor’s finger at “God Rest...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 8, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
DUBLIN, IRELAND — I am writing this from a Dublin hotel room. The weather is dark and dreary, thick clouds with a misty rain. It shouldn’t surprise me. Margaret Daly is no longer here to brighten the Irish sky. I’ve been coming to Ireland to promote my books since the...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 24, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
“I’d like to welcome everyone to our Thanksgiving meal. We’re so glad you all flew in from around the country. Uncle Jack. Aunt Sally. Cousin Duane. Our daughter Polly and her Russian husband, Vlad, and their new baby, Bennie. Welcome, one and all.” “Thanks,...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 3, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, News, Sunday Comment
Published today in the Detroit Free Press! In 2013, author and Free Press columnist Mitch Albom admitted a young girl named Chika Jeune into the orphanage he operates in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Little Chika was born three days before the massive earthquake of...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 3, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sports, Sunday Comment
There were two days in Juwan Howard’s life that he chose Michigan. Both ended in tears. The first was almost exactly 29 years ago, when he rose and got dressed in his grandmother’s place on the south side of Chicago. She told him to wear something nice,...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 27, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Sunday Comment
This happened every Halloween when I was a kid. The doorbell would ring, usually at night, when my siblings and I were already home from our candy walks. We’d open the door, all excited, and some teenager would be standing on the porch in jeans and a sweatshirt....
