Shribman: Modern politics is a study in contradictions
For a long while — remember that in politics, two days comprise an eternity — it seemed as if the leaders of the two major parties were girding to fight the... Read more.
Shribman: Trump is still in the game
You saw the play when it first came out. Now you are watching the movie that followed. It was great drama, to be sure, the first time around. It was tragedy, not... Read more.
Shribman: Breaking up is hard to do, eh?
OTTAWA — The story of the dramatic change in Canada’s global profile — and in the decline of American influence around the globe — might be glimpsed... Read more.
Shribman: Warren Harding, a century ahead of his time
This week marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most remarkable speeches given by one of the most discredited presidents, a stemwinder by the redoubtable Warren... Read more.
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Will Trump try to become the 47th president?
Here is where the Old Contrarian (me) seeks to diminish the importance of what Old Yeller (not the 1956 children’s book, but the 45th president of the United... Read more.
Shribman: Seeds of contention sown
PITTSBURGH — In December 1833, a young man from Chester, N.H., moved to Washington to take up a position as a clerk in the House of Representatives, spending his... Read more.
Shribman: Calling on Freddie
PITTSBURGH — “Call anytime,” he said, hours before he went into hospice. If only I could. If only the scores — hundreds, probably thousands — of... Read more.
Shribman: There will be no return to ‘normal’
The single element that Canadians most resent about Americans’ views toward their northern neighbor may be the conviction in the United States that Canadians... Read more.
Shribman: Two presidential addresses, 80 years apart, speak to the nation
Last week’s 20th anniversary commemorations of the terrorist attacks of 2001 stirred passions deep and wide. They reminded us of the fear that gripped us,... Read more.
Shribman: The many, many facets of Joe Biden
We are witnessing Joe Biden in full. After a half-century in the glare of national attention, there are few surprises in the Biden profile and personality. But only... Read more.