Naomi Osaka walks rather than talk, furthering the death of press conferences
Let’s talk about talking. How important is it? In the world of sports, it just proved very important, as Naomi Osaka, the No. 2 ranked female tennis player in the world, withdrew from the French Open rather than do press conferences after her matches....Our most vulnerable auto crash victims are about to be struck again
One day you are yourself, the next day you are not. All you remember is the car swerving. Or the impact of the truck. Or maybe you don’t remember anything, but you wake up in the hospital with a halo around your neck and you can’t feel your toes or your feet or your...The man behind ‘The Sports Reporters’ makes a quiet exit
Sunday after Sunday, he was the first one there and the last to leave. His job title was “producer” but that’s such a vague word. What Joe Valerio did was conduct. He was the man in the orchestra pit, waving his wand, silent to the audience, yet in charge of...We shouldn’t blame Israel for surviving attacks — or defending against them
What if Israel didn’t have the Iron Dome? The missile defense system has been like something out of an Avengers movie this past week. It has intercepted hundreds and hundreds of missiles fired by Hamas, destroying them before they hit their targets. It’s...‘Here’s a card to say … ‘ is what I miss on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day reminds Mitch Albom of the traditions he shared with his mom, and the space left after she was gone.
Can’t movies make us feel good? You’d never know it by Academy Awards
One of my favorite films ever is “Sullivan’s Travels,” a black and white movie from 1941. It starts with a successful movie director who is tired of making funny, popular films. His name is Sullivan, and he’s arguing with his studio about making a “serious” movie. “I...Careful what we wish for in eliminating the police
When U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked last summer what society would look like with defunded police, she naively answered, “a suburb.” Not exactly. I know what a nation with weakened or underfunded police looks like. I see it every month in Haiti....A trillion dollars is not a billion; why you can’t just print money
When I was a kid, I thought I knew the value of a dollar. Of course, when I was a kid, I also thought I could take a dollar and put it in a Xerox machine, and then I’d have more dollars. I’ve grown out of that notion. But I’m not sure our lawmakers have. Have you...After one year of COVID-19, what would we tell our old selves?
If we knew the coronavirus war would be, essentially, one year of acute suffering followed by gradual relief, would we have behaved differently?