Shribman: Starting wars is easy; the challenge lies in ending them
If Winston Churchill were here — and some of us saw him, or his latest incarnation, this month, addressing the U.S. Congress on the plight of his beleaguered and... Read more.
Shribman: Ukraine’s crisis is a tipping point for the world’s democracies
The American national anthem celebrates “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Canada’s speaks of “the true north strong and free.”... Read more.
Shribman: Once again, freedom is tested
Albert Einstein, who knew something about how the world works, believed that freedom “is only possible by constantly struggling for it.” In our popular... Read more.
Shribman: Reexamining the value of studying history
We have just heard the president’s State of the Union address. It was delivered in a fraught time by a man freighted with responsibility. He hit the right... Read more.
Shribman: And now, we watch
One of them wants to be everyone’s friend; the other is emerging as no one’s. And yet: One yearns for a romantic past of domestic accord and accommodation;... Read more.
Shribman: In 1972, a presidential candidate unadapted to his habitat
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Fifty years ago this week, he cried. Or maybe it was just the snow melting across his face. What happened that day on Amherst Street doesn’t... Read more.
Shribman: The curious incident of the co-endorsement in the Capitol
This much is certain: America’s political parties are in transition. What is uncertain is what they are evolving into, and whether the changes now underway... Read more.
Shribman: Why aren’t we happy?
This is our winter of discontent. Again. Two-thirds of Americans feel the country is going in the wrong direction. The financial markets are in upheaval, sending... Read more.
Shribman: Is baseball dead?
This may be the week baseball died. It isn’t even baseball season. Pitchers and catchers haven’t reported. The hopes of springtime are two months away,... Read more.
Shribman: Our welcoming nature prevails
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground... Read more.