/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/3930/all en /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/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/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