by Mitch Albom | Mar 23, 2014 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
“By all means dress in ridiculous togs, exchange rings and kisses … but call it a wedding … with nothing theological about it – and leave marriage to those who still believe in its sanctity.”- Brian SewellI did a London radio show two...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 23, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
A lump of goal. An empty stocking. Meaningful football just took the rest of the year off in Detroit. In a game Sunday that, for a while, nobody seemed to want, the New York Giants finally looked at the Ford Field scoreboard, saw a fourth down in overtime, and...
by Mitch Albom | Nov 10, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Every New Year’s Eve, Jim Leyland’s family gathers in his childhood home and participates in a tradition. The males in the family, from grandparents down to grandkids, take a piece of bread and a piece of coal, go out the back door – “which...
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 | Feb 24, 2013 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Detroit is a city whose treasures are often hidden. A Diego Rivera mural adorns the inner walls of a museum. The history of Motown music rests inside a converted house on West Grand Boulevard. One of the world’s great hockey teams labors in a stark, windowless...
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 | Oct 10, 2010 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
One day, God will deal with the screaming hatemongers from the Westboro Baptist Church. Until then, we’ll have to deal with them down here.Which may mean changing laws, modifying laws and rewriting laws. If that sounds like a lot of work, it is. And if common...
by Mitch Albom | Dec 13, 2009 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Let me get this straight. Smoking is bad for you, right? It’s bad if you smoke. It’s bad if someone smokes around you. It’s so bad that our state government, like others before it, is now passing a law against smoking in any public place –...
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....
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