Chika’s birthday bittersweet, 10 years after Haiti earthquakeJanuary 12, 2020 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, NewsShe would have turned 10 last week. We would have had a big party, a big cake, all her friends, all our ...Read More
Walid is a proud new American citizen in a divided countryDecember 22, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThe morning after President Donald Trump was impeached, I got in a car to go to the airport. The driver was a ...Read More
Yes, it can be cringe-worthy, but here’s why I absolutely love Christmas musicDecember 15, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThere are two types of people in the world. Those who can’t wait for Christmas music, and those who dread ...Read More
Time is such a heartless thiefDecember 8, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentDUBLIN, IRELAND — I am writing this from a Dublin hotel room. The weather is dark and dreary, thick clouds with a ...Read More
Thanksgiving conversation may be tough to swallowNovember 24, 2019 | Comment, Detroit Free Press“I’d like to welcome everyone to our Thanksgiving meal. We’re so glad you all flew in from around the ...Read More
Web Exclusives: Read Excerpt from ‘Finding Chika’ and Watch This from CBS Sunday MorningNovember 3, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, NewsPublished today in the Detroit Free Press! In 2013, author and Free Press columnist Mitch Albom admitted a ...Read More
Juwan Howard, Michigan basketball and the ‘beautiful road’ that reunited themNovember 3, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, Comment, SportsThere were two days in Juwan Howard’s life that he chose Michigan. Both ended in tears. The first ...Read More
Inoffensive Halloween costume? Good luck with thatOctober 27, 2019 | Detroit Free Press, CommentThis happened every Halloween when I was a kid. The doorbell would ring, usually at night, when my siblings and I ...Read More