Shribman: Lost in the circus acts, Putin’s declaration chills
Nearly lost in the week’s news — the nomination of an iconoclast to run the nation’s health agency who is at odds with the nation’s health experts, and an... Read more.
Shribman: What’s to come for Trump 2.0
The ballots are counted (and in some few places, recounted). The blame is being distributed (but only in one of the two parties). The lawn signs have been struck... Read more.
Shribman: National archives brushes American conflicts under the rugs
In the last several days, the country has been making difficult history. In the past year, its government has been warping history. The forced removal of Japanese... Read more.
Shribman: Politics is never ‘all over’
The American political struggle will not end Tuesday. There. Having resisted for months making a prediction about the contemporary political scene, I have no hesitation... Read more.
Shribman: Heed these words: ‘Mind the gap’
There are three words that should guide any interpretation of the 2024 election: Mind the gap. Those three words define the problems and potentials of the major-party... Read more.
Shribman: Will Trudeau Pull a Joe Biden?
National Perspective VERDUN, Quebec — Is it time to be like Joe? Join me on a walk down Wellington Street. You’ll see a Korean restaurant and an Italian... Read more.
Shribman: We are still examining ‘The making of the President’
David M. Shribman National Perspective The best way to view the 2024 presidential election and to understand the dramatic transformation of American political history... Read more.
Shribman: It is a remarkable thing when an entire country changes its mind
David M. Shribman Andrew Jackson, once almost universally admired as a personification of refreshing democratic values, now is considered a prosecutor of genocide.... Read more.
Shribman: Kamala Harris’ Canadian roots
David M. Shribman MONTREAL — It doesn’t look like a crucible of power. It occupies a full block on Sainte-Catherine Street, not far from my barbershop, a... Read more.
Shribman: Conventional thinking
Let’s return for a moment to the two conventions now concluded and consider one of the important things that didn’t happen — and what that omission tells us... Read more.