by Mitch Albom | Nov 7, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Earlier this year, a Gallup Poll showed that, for the first time in eight decades, fewer than half of U.S. adults belong to a church, synagogue or mosque. The phrase “losing our religion” has become an American mantra. Coincidentally, I’ve spent the...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 31, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
EAST LANSING — In a game that has everything, it’s usually one thing that decides it. For Michigan football, the one thing was a mistake. For Michigan State football, it was a streak of lightning running back who hadn’t played in one of these intrastate wars...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 25, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Well, that’s show biz. The Detroit Lions tried to follow a Hollywood script on Sunday. Come out and dazzle ‘em. Shake ‘em up early. A quick touchdown. An onside kick. A fake punt. All that was missing was the dancing elephants. The...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 24, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
LOS ANGELES – You know those movies where the couple splits up and next time you see them, the guy has a hot wife, a new sports car and a big job — while the woman has three screaming kids and a broken-down Ford Escape? That’s pretty much the Detroit Lions-Los...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 19, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press, Uncategorized
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — It’s hard to imagine what is going through the minds of 17 missionaries and their children who were kidnapped Saturday by gun-wielding gang members outside of Haiti’s capital city. What must they be feeling inside a locked room,...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 17, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Tanks rarely back up. They don’t have to. Whatever is in front of them they can crush and roll over. But tanks are not human beings. They don’t have to think about what they’re doing. We do. Or we should. Which brings us to the issue of emails — some 650,000...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 9, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When we were kids, our parents told us not to talk back to our teachers “or you’ll be in big trouble.” Who knew they’d be predicting our future? These days, if we, as parents, talk back to teachers — or, rather, the school board members who oversee them — we do run...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 3, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
LES CAYES, HAITI – On a recent Thursday afternoon, Siem Lafleur finished a political science class at Madonna University, came back to his dorm room, and packed a small bag. The next day, while his fellow students were enjoying the early fall weather and planning...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 27, 2021 | Detroit Free Press, Sports
Anyone would have bet against it. Anyone, except a Detroit Lions fan. The ball came off the foot of Baltimore kicker Justin Tucker and flew toward the uprights, which were a record 66 yards away. And as it soared through the air with time expiring on the...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 26, 2021 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
In the old circus days, lion tamers used a chair to protect themselves. Why? A lion can chew through a chair as easily as it can chew through the man holding it. But lions are single-minded, and the chair’s four legs distract them. They can’t focus. As a result, they...
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