by Mitch Albom | Oct 8, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
When it comes to hair, some men have a sense of adventure. I am not one of them. While others shave the sides, gather it in ponytails, or dye it blue, I am boring. Predictable. I have had the same haircut since college. You can compare photos of me today with those...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 1, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Everything old is new again. We say that about fashion. Hairstyles. Now we can say it about marriage. A new book on the subject is getting a lot of attention for stating something that would have drawn a “Yeah, duh?’’ look 50 years ago. Ready for the shocker? Two...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
On the one hand, it’s hard to get upset about the U.S. Senate doing away with its dress code when the rest of America has been sliding down the clothes chain for years. I first noticed it in Hollywood, maybe 20 years ago. I would show up for meetings in a...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 17, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Years ago, during a sports writing assignment, I interviewed Detroit Tigers pitcher Willie Hernandez. I taped our conversation. I wrote exactly what he said. After he read the column, and his quotes, he found me in the locker room and dumped a bucket of...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 10, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Let’s talk about “old.” Everyone else is. The president is old. The former president is old. The Senate minority leader is old. The House minority leader is old. Very old? Too old? Let’s face it. Old is news. Joe Biden will turn 81 in November. He wants another...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 3, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — This has to stop. That’s what you tell yourself. People cannot live every day with murder and destruction. They cannot live with gangs marching into their neighborhoods, setting their homes on fire and chasing residents into the streets,...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 27, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Of the many challenging moments in life, knowing what to say after a tragedy may be the most awkward. Think of funerals you may have gone to, where a poorly phrased sentiment can leave people shaking their heads. “How could they say that?” mourners wonder. “At a time...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 20, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
There are three things you can be sure of if your life is made into a successful movie. 1) They will get things wrong. 2) Way more people will see the movie than you’ll ever meet in real life. 3) All those people will assume the wrong things are right. The people...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 13, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
I want a moratorium. No new tech inventions. For 10 years. No new apps. No new devices. Nothing gets smaller. Nothing gets faster. We hold where we are for a decade. And give everyone a chance to catch up. Yeah, yeah. I hear the folks at Google and Meta and Apple...
by Mitch Albom | Aug 6, 2023 | Comment, Detroit Free Press
Recently, I’ve been taking a lot of children to doctors. It’s giving me a certain déjà vu — but not the kind you think. Five young ones, ages 1, 3, 7, 10 and 12 are currently in our house, all children from the Have Faith Haiti Mission & Orphanage in...