SHIRA LURIE

Writing

Biden plays dangerous game by not heeding public opinion for a ceasefire

Johnson’s speakership is bad for Democrats - but not for reasons you think

Conservatives must stop importing American outrage around pronouns and parental rights

Democracy is on the line in American midterms

We’re suffering from a pandemic of individualism - the flawed rhetoric of personal responsibility won’t solve our crisis

The Saturday Debate: Will the Democrats avoid a midterm massacre? - NO

Make Canada Day a national day of reckoning

Canada should aspire to more than simply beating the United States

The problem with Biden’s quixotic quest for American unity

Republicans have been sowing the seeds of yesterday’s coup attempt for decades

Why Canadians should be closely watching the U.S. election

‘Illegality’ of monument destruction is entirely the point

Hamilton’s uplifting narrative distorts America then and America today

National myths we tell ourselves are as racist and ignorant as Trudeau’s costumes

SALT WIRE

Nova Scotia once showed the world how to live with Covid - so what happened?

Staff shortages? Cancellations? Closures? It’s the Covid, stupid

Amid a health crisis, Houston has his head in the sand

We can fight the new Covid variant, if Houston will let us

Not the “Living with COVID” we were promised

THE CONVERSATION

Would Trump concede in 2020? A lesson from 1800 (reprinted in the Winnipeg Free Press and the Prince George Citizen)

RABBLE

Self-Immolation is desperate politics for desperate times

After an ugly campaign, Canada must heed the lessons of January 6

THE PANORAMA

How I learned to stop worrying and love writing for the public

AGE OF REVOLUTIONS

Liberty Poles and the Two American Revolutions

NURSING CLIO

Liberty Poles and Protest in the Founding Era

GOTHAM: A BLOG FOR SCHOLARS OF NEW YORK CITY HISTORY

Creation: The New York City Liberty Poles

INSIDE HIGHER ED

Covid Conferences: Vulnerable Scholars Needn’t Apply

Liberal Arts in a World Gone Mad

Managing Expectations vs. Reality in Your Classroom

How to Write Like an Olympian

Teaching Skills, Not Just Content

Happiness in Grad School

Encouraging Participation in Your Classroom

Should I Go to Grad School?