David M. Shribman

All but lost in the cacophony of the news of last week — continued fighting in Ukraine, continued economic worries,

One was gracious, the other garrulous. One was severe, the other soft. One was rail-thin; the other carried a spare

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois (1860). Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon of California

Most Americans are spectators in today’s most critical struggle for democratic values — being battled at every hour of every

SAGUARO LAKE, Ariz. — This is the country of the far horizon. Even with all the growth Arizona has experienced

Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams did it. So did Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison. Grover Cleveland and

If Winston Churchill were here — and some of us saw him, or his latest incarnation, this month, addressing the

The American national anthem celebrates “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” Canada’s speaks of “the

Albert Einstein, who knew something about how the world works, believed that freedom “is only possible by constantly struggling for

We have just heard the president’s State of the Union address. It was delivered in a fraught time by a

One of them wants to be everyone’s friend; the other is emerging as no one’s.  And yet: One yearns for

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Fifty years ago this week, he cried. Or maybe it was just the snow melting across his

This much is certain: America’s political parties are in transition. What is uncertain is what they are evolving into, and

This is our winter of discontent. Again. Two-thirds of Americans feel the country is going in the wrong direction. The

This may be the week baseball died. It isn’t even baseball season. Pitchers and catchers haven’t reported. The hopes of

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he

March came early this year for President Biden. He came into 2022 like a lion. The danger for him is

The turning of the calendar page always prompts reflection, and seldom more so than this year. We have moved from

New year, new start for Kamala Harris? Last year should have been one of triumph for the vice president. She