Shribman: Reading Maine
WELLS, Maine — It looks like a first-baseman’s mitt, the sort you might see of a summertime evening at a local baseball diamond. Turn it clockwise 90 degrees,... Read more.
Shribman: Be the Grace in the World
PITTSBURGH — Listen up. Virginia Montanez can’t hear. But you need to hear what she has to say. Of course, if you happened to be in the audience when she... Read more.
Shribman: Prayerful words for those seeking truth
All but lost in the cacophony of the news of last week — continued fighting in Ukraine, continued economic worries, continued strife over abortion — were three... Read more.
Shribman: With Hatch’s passing, bipartisanship loses a role model
One was gracious, the other garrulous. One was severe, the other soft. One was rail-thin; the other carried a spare tire around his waist. One never touched alcohol;... Read more.
Shribman: Mother Florida
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois (1860). Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon of California (1968). Hubert H. Humphrey (1968)... Read more.
Shribman: The value — and urgency — of voting in America
Most Americans are spectators in today’s most critical struggle for democratic values — being battled at every hour of every day in Ukraine. But in another... Read more.
Shribman: Upcoming elections in Arizona
SAGUARO LAKE, Ariz. — This is the country of the far horizon. Even with all the growth Arizona has experienced — this was the fastest-growing state in the last... Read more.
Shribman: America’s looking for fresh programming
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams did it. So did Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison. Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, too. Also William Jennings... Read more.
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.