Mitch Albom of the Free Press has certainly served as a lightning rod in the
Detroit area for years. He’s obviously a gifted writer, but he can also come
across as pompous – someone who always wants to be the smartest guy in the
room.

He has admirably committed himself to charity work in Detroit and the far
reaches of Haiti. But he crossed the picket line during the 1995
Detroit newspapers’ strike when his colleagues were fighting for wages that
were just a fraction of Albom’s superstar salary.

In addition, the quality of his (non-sports) Sunday columns has certainly
gone downhill, as his critics are eager to point out. His column this past
Sunday particularly irked blogger Tom Ley. Ley is decidedly not a fan, and he lets his
readers know that in no uncertain terms.

“Mitch Albom … referred to someone as a ‘Starbucks fellow.’ Mitch Albom is
the absolute worst person. (And, you know, Mitch, we don’t all have your ears.)
The column proceeds with a few more of these little vignettes, but the best part
comes when Mitch gives us a precious ‘What does this all mean about America?!?!’
paragraph:

I blame TV. I blame video games. I
blame the mindless blare that our kids have been weaned on, noise, explosions,
blasting music, 100 images a minute. No wonder we can’t stay focused long
enough to remember soup or salad.

But where is this going? If, as a
nation, we cannot stay “on task,” what hope do we have?

(Back to Ley): “Hi, Mitch? Do you want to know the real reason why the people
who serve you coffee and bring you refills for your Coke Zero sometimes ask you
to repeat yourself? It’s because their jobs are actually kind of difficult. Not
everyone gets to make
sh– up for a living.

You can read more here
and you can find an explanation/reminder about that last line from Ley here.