/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/2407/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/how-new-hampshires-cantankerous-independence-will-make-its-mark-unusual-2024-presidential-election-354641 <p>January 20, 2024 | In this opinion piece by <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a>, he talks about the first primary of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the significance of the location, New Hampshire. New Hampshire has been the staging ground over a long period for so many people, providing more memorable moments than any other venue. Shribman walks the reader through the memorable primaries and significant moments in previous presidential campaigns that took place in New Hampshire.</p> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:51:43 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3129 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/watergates-evidence-presidential-interference-was-turning-point-american-history-352289 <p>October 26, 2023 | Much of contemporary American politics can be traced to a little-remembered and dimly understood event that occurred a half-century ago, the Saturday Night Massacre. This article by <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">David Shribman</a> delves into the controversies over whether presidents are vulnerable to prosecution.</p> Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:39:46 +0000 keith.baybayon@mcgill.ca 3094 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/chinese-spy-balloon-latest-chapter-history-high-altitude-espionage-and-surveillance-globe-and-mail-346093 <p>February 9, 2023 | The story of the flight of the Chinese balloon created a near-hysteria in political circles of not on the ground and, in breathless cable coverage, suggested a frightening new frontier in international spycraft, said <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a>. In his Op-Ed Shribman highlights the significant similarities between the American spy plane travelling to China airspace in 1952 and the recent Chinese spy balloon spotted in Canadian and US territory. </p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:07:51 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2976 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/david-shribman-wounds-vietnam-still-havent-healed-globe-and-mail-345771 <p>January 27, 2022 | While reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam war<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman"> David Shribman</a> said " It is the wound that will not heal, the heartbreak that will not end. Mostly, it is the haunting questions that have no answers." Although the Vietnam War ended formally 50 years ago but he claimed that in some ways it is still being fought in the United States, not by soldiers but by veterans, scholars and politicians. </p> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:04:27 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2966 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/max-policy/modern-america-looks-nothing-dad-would-recognize David M. Shribman critiques the current political environment of the United States in the form of a letter he writes to his late father. Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:01:14 +0000 David Shribman 2960 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/amid-rising-pressures-and-political-divide-bidens-centric-views-might-be-bad-omen-second-term-globe-339437 <p>April 29, 2022 | U.S. President Joe Biden, a lifelong centrist Democrat, has a extremely difficult job at an exceedingly tumultuous time in history. His low poll numbers reflect the scale of the challenges he faces. As politics becomes more and more polarized, what does Joe Biden's moderate approach to politics bode for his re-election chances, should he decide to seek a second term? Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> provides perspective in this article for the Globe and Mail.</p> Tue, 03 May 2022 14:35:43 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2830 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/david-shribman-ukraines-crisis-tipping-point-worlds-democracies-pittsburgh-post-gazette-338587 <p>March 20, 2022 | In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> comments on the bravery of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the face of conflict that may prove a worrying harbinger for the fate of the world's democracies.</p> <p><a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/david-shribman/2022/03/20/ukraine-crisis-liberal-democracies-zelenskyy/stories/202203200038">Read the article</a>.</p> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:26:06 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2803 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/2022-turning-out-be-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-year-biden-globe-and-mail-336583 <p>January 18, 2022 | After last week's defeats, U.S. President Joe Biden has been transformed from Battling Joe Biden into the Embattled Joe Biden, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> writes for <em>The Globe and Mail.</em> "The new year brought forth a new Biden - a fiery, determined, passionate President substituting for the dewyeyed, sentimental chief executive. But in the hothouse of American politics, the new year also brought forth new defeats, new disappointments and new dissenters."</p> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:19:50 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2760 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/biden-vows-end-filibuster-ahead-voting-rights-bills-will-mark-turning-point-us-history-globe-and-336472 <p>January 12, 2022 | Joe Biden isn't the first president to push for expanded voting rights, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> comments in his article for <em>The Globe and Mail</em>. "If the working definition of news is a departure from the normal, then Joe Biden's speech Tuesday pressing Congress to preserve and expand voting rights for minorities barely qualifies," Shribman writes. "American presidents have been making that speech for more than a half-century."</p> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:36:25 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2757 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/deeply-divided-us-americans-struggle-over-how-commemorate-jan-6-globe-and-mail-336037 <p>January 4, 2022 | In a special to <em>The Globe and Mail</em>, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> discusses the furious debates Americans are having as the one-year anniversary of the siege at the Capitol arrives.</p> <p>"The battle of Capitol Hill is being fought again, this time in public discourse – and Americans, perhaps even more divided today than they were on Jan. 6, 2021, are approaching this anniversary of anguish with apprehension."</p> Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:42:36 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2744 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/us-inflation-coming-thanksgiving-dinner-globe-and-mail-335101 <p>November 23, 2021 | How does the public perception of inflation affect their expectations for the future? While the devastation of historic inflation in the United States lingers only in the minds of older Americans, younger generations are also feeling the strain on their spending habits. In this article for the Globe and Mail, Max Bell School instructor David Shribman comments on the trajectory of inflation, and how this may affect everyday life. </p> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:15:19 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2723 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/gop-overhauling-its-long-standing-identity-globe-and-mail-334971 <p>November 14, 2021 | In his latest piece for the Globe and Mail, Max Bell School professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> explains how the Republican Party is seeking to transition away from its reputation as being the party of Big Business, instead leaning into trust-busting and other strategies for reining in the power of America's corporations.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-the-gop-has-abandoned-its-long-standing-identity/">Read the article</a>.</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:53:20 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2716 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/trump-digging-creating-his-presidential-library-will-be-challenge-globe-mail-334569 <p>November 1, 2021 | <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> speaks on the challenges facing Trump as he curates his Presidential library.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-with-trump-digging-in-creating-his-presidential-library-will-be-a/">Read the article</a>.</p> Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:01:18 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2703 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/understanding-uss-influence-over-israel-globe-and-mail-331230 <p>May 21, 2021 | The power dynamics in United States-Israeli relations are exceedingly complicated. David Shribman helps unpack that complexity in this episode of The Decibel podcast, produced by The Globe and Mail.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-understanding-the-uss-influence-over-israel/">Listen to the podcast.</a></p> Thu, 27 May 2021 14:05:51 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2517 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/joe-biden-appears-powerless-when-it-comes-dealing-mideast-crisis-globe-and-mail-331098 <p>May 16, 2021 | As the age-old conflict in the Middle East rages to a level not seen since the 2014 Gaza War, Joe Biden's ability to do anything about it appears limited. Biden is in a difficult situation, write David Shribman, destined to face backlash from various constituencies no matter what he does.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-joe-biden-appears-powerless-when-it-comes-to-dealing-with-israel/">Read the article.</a></p> Mon, 17 May 2021 18:11:07 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2502 at /maxbellschool