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March 29, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: Kids in freezer had no chance at life
Two children are murdered. They are hidden in a freezer. If that sounds like a movie, sadly it is not. The killer, according to a court document — and her own words to police — is the children's mother, a 35-year-old Detroiter named Mitchelle Blair, who allegedly abused her four children for years.
Two are now dead, Stephen Berry, who was 9, and Stoni Blair, who was 13. Their surviving older sister, now 17, allegedly was forced to put one of the bodies into the freezer. Their surviving younger brother, only 8, told officials he, too, knew about the frozen corpses.
March 27, 2015
Facebook: Will have some NEW BOOK news soon...and I can't wait until I can share more. In...
March 26, 2015
Facebook: TUESDAY, MARCH 31st to see Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell in "Get Hard." 7:30 p.m....
Movie Night with Mitch & Crew | mitchalbom.com
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Mitch Albom is launching a new monthly tradition: a night out at the movies! It's an open invitation for anyone who would like to join him for a movie night at the Emagine Theater Complex in Royal Oak, MI. Attendees will pay their own way, but it's an opporuntiy to enjoy a movie in a private theater…
March 22, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: Forcing us to vote is hardly a cure-all
This past week, the president who is forcing Americans to have health care coverage suggested maybe they should be forced to vote.
"It would be transformative," President Barack Obama told a crowd in Cleveland.
It would be transformative. It would transform this country into something it's never been.
March 19, 2015
March 16, 2015
Facebook: Strange to think that it was 20 years ago. It has since been a special gift to...
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Nearly 20 years after his death, Morrie Schwartz lives on - The Boston Globe
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Twenty years ago this month, thumbing through The Boston Globe in the ABC News Washington Bureau, I stumbled on this ironic headline in the Living section. A PROFESSOR’S FINAL COURSE: HIS OWN DEATH The story of a retired Brandeis sociology professor, stricken with ALS -- Lou Gehrig’s disease -- who…
March 15, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: No reason to brag about killing $50M film credits
This past week, Michigan's House of Representatives voted to kill the tax incentives for the film industry. Some lawmakers acted as if they'd just slain an evil dragon.
Not so fast, Gandalf.
I was in on the creation of these things. Back in 2008, at the request of then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a group was formed to see whether Michigan could be competitive in attracting the movie, TV and digital gaming business. Other states were having success with their incentive programs, seeing new jobs and investment while building a young, creative class.
From the Detroit Free Press: No reason to brag about killing $50M film credits
This past week, Michigan's House of Representatives voted to kill the tax incentives for the film industry. Some lawmakers acted as if they'd just slain an evil dragon.
Not so fast, Gandalf.
I was in on the creation of these things. Back in 2008, at the request of then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a group was formed to see whether Michigan could be competitive in attracting the movie, TV and digital gaming business. Other states were having success with their incentive programs, seeing new jobs and investment while building a young, creative class.
March 11, 2015
March 9, 2015
From the Detroit Free Press: Fans shouldn't cry over Suh leaving Lions
Suh who?
That should be the attitude now. The Detroit Lions' best defensive player — and sometimes their biggest headache — will take his talents to South Beach, and you can cry about it or you can move on.
I'd choose the latter. Like LeBron James, Ndamukong Suh will bolt from a Midwest team that drafted him, a team he never led to a championship, for greener pastures in the state of Florida. But James' departure was to join a trifecta of players engineered to win a championship.
Suh's is not.
