by Mitch Albom | Mar 13, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
What would you do if America came under attack? Not from an isolated terror incident, but from an invasion. Armed forces crossing our border, shooting at us and bombing our buildings. Would you stay and fight? Or would you seek out safety for you and your family, even...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 6, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It was a nice summer day, and they were driving to a wedding. Michael Wallace was in the passenger seat of the Ford Ranger. He wasn’t feeling great so his girlfriend was driving. At one point, she looked over to check on him, heard the rumble strip beneath the tires,...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 27, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Most columnists this weekend are writing about one man, an evil, power-hungry leader who is dragging the world to the brink of war. I am not. I am choosing instead to write about another man, who’s about as far from Vladimir Putin as one can get. His name...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 13, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
My first bicycle had training wheels. My second was a Sting-Ray. Remember those? With the banana seats? My third was a Schwinn. It seems all bikes were Schwinns back then. It was light blue and had thin tires and three gears, and I was in high school and rode it to my...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 30, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
It was 80 years ago this month that 15 high-ranking Nazi officials met in a villa on the outskirts of Berlin. Among them were names like Adolph Eichmann and Heinrich Muller. They gathered over snacks and alcohol to address a single issue desired by their leader,...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 16, 2022 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Two years ago this weekend, a 35-year-old man traveling home from Wuhan, China, became the first American diagnosed with COVID-19. What if someone from today could have greeted him BEFORE he got on that plane? “Whoa! Hold up! You can’t board!” “What? Who are you?...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 19, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Sports
I know the real Christmas is later this week, but another Christmas arrived this past July. The one for college athletes. On July 1, the NCAA began permitting college athletes to make money off their name, image and likeness. Nicknamed “NIL,” the rule has, quite...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 12, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Every November, she begins her attack. By Thanksgiving she has me surrounded. Come the first of December, she has infiltrated my home. As yuletide approaches, she shadows my every step. She’s in my car. She’s in my office. She’s in my brain. I am talking about Mariah...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 5, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When an Oxford police deputy saw a 16-year-old football player crumpled on the floor, bleeding and dying from the bullets that Ethan Crumbley is accused of firing, he knew he couldn’t wait for an ambulance. So he made a fast decision. He carried the teen to his...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 21, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
This Thursday… “I want to welcome everyone back to Thanksgiving. It’s great to see you all —” “Wait. Grandpa?” “Yes?” “Can you pull up your mask?” “Uh … all right, it’s just a little hard to breathe …” “Leave him be, Allison.” “Germs are germs. And with the baby-”...
