Mitch Albom

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- This is a story Nedal Tamer tells. When he was a kid in war-torn Lebanon, his neighbor had a kidney problem. The only medical attention was in...

LOS ANGELES -- In Hollywood, everyone wants to be a director. The actors. The shoe salesmen. You can stop a 5-year old, ask him if he wants an ice cream,...

He kneels in garden beds. He trims branches and lays mulch. Once upon a time, five months ago, he had an important position as a security official for Fidelity Bank,...

They were homes once, but they are homes no longer. They are hollow dangers. Hiding places. Drug houses. They are lurching shadows that stare down our city's children as they...

She always stood tall, even sitting in a wheelchair, and when they rolled her through her soup kitchen, everyone looked up. That's how you felt when you spoke to her,...

Last week, my father suffered a medical emergency. At the hospital, we were asked what medication he took. He is 83. His answer was aspirin and Zocor. "That's it?" came...

If I were king of the world, I would insist on a moratorium for Hollywood marriages: no talking about them until their 10th anniversary. No photos. No magazine covers. No...

The band broke up. We hit the final chord. We heard sweet applause. And then, after 20 years together, we walked away. There was no fighting. No "musical differences." You...

It's official. I've become a prude. I thought this only happened in adolescence. I thought once you got past those awkward teenaged years, everyone grew up about sex. I thought...

Rob Rubick used to play pro football. He took a lot of hits. He is 51 now, and says he has a hard time focusing. "If I head to the...