by mitchalbom_webmaster | Sep 30, 2013 | News
DETROIT LEGACIES In Black and WhiteMitch Albom & Hon. Damon J. Keith and Friends* I N C O N V E R S A T I O N A Special Charity Book Launch To Benefit SAY Detroit & Damon J. Keith Center For Civil RightsFox Theater • November 11,...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 18, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
What do we, the public, have the right to know about celebrities?Last week, Prince Fielder, the Tigers superstar, was defended by a teammate, Torii Hunter, during a radio interview. Hunter suggested that Fielder, who has struggled at the plate, was dealing bravely...
by Mitch Albom | Jan 13, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
At first I thought I was hearing it wrong. A lesbian couple who had a daughter through artificial insemination was chasing the sperm donor for child support.”That can’t be right,” I said.It wasn’t. Actually, the government was chasing the sperm...
by Mitch Albom | Jul 8, 2012 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
If I were king of the world, I would insist on a moratorium for Hollywood marriages: no talking about them until their 10th anniversary. No photos. No magazine covers. No gossip page items. No selling the video rights.Actors, rock stars, famous celebrities, reality TV...
by Mitch Albom | Feb 6, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When someone told me J.D. Salinger had died, I jokingly asked, “How do they know?”It was dark humor and a tad disrespectful. But I was trying to be complimentary. Salinger, who was even more passionate about his privacy than his writing, had managed, at...
by Mitch Albom | Mar 2, 2003 | Detroit Free Press
There should be no debate on this: Toni Smith, a college basketball player, has the right to turn her back on the flag.She has the right to protest during the national anthem. She has the right to disagree with President George W. Bush’s plans for war in Iraq....
by Mitch Albom | Nov 2, 1997 | Detroit Free Press
I was hit as a child. I was spanked and I was slapped. I was smacked in the face when I said something dirty, and I was chased up the stairs for a butt-whipping when I did something really wrong, which in our house meant insulting my mother. My father did the hitting...
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