Marsha Barber

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Recent work

• Retirement doesn’t mean the end. It could mean becoming a spunky old broad insteadOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 1, 2026
• Marsha Barber: What gets lost in the discussion about antisemitismOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2025
• Marsha Barber: My husband went to a hospital to get better. The food made him sickerOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 19, 2024
• Marsha Barber: The student encampments make one clear demand. The problem is it almost certainly won’t help GazaOpinion · Toronto Star · May 14, 2024
• Marsha Barber: Zionism: Why Israel needs to exist in the worldOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 20, 2024
• Opinion | Just finishing high school? Consider a gap year. It could change your life for the betterOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 17, 2023
• Opinion | The case for continuing to work from homeOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 31, 2022
• Opinion | The return to normal a voluntary mass delusionOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 21, 2022
• Opinion | Southern elitism shouldn’t derail plans for a much-needed train to northern OntarioOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 6, 2021
• Opinion | I got my AstraZeneca jab, yet I still have vaccine envyOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 8, 2021
• Can COVID-casuals be friends with the COVID-cautious?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jul 14, 2020
• There’s another epidemic spreading as we rally against the coronavirus: ageismOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 24, 2020
• It’s time to ground flight shaming of world travellers | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 11, 2019
• Childless adults make huge impact with charitable donations | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 15, 2019
• Opinion | TTC’s celebrity scoldings not the better way for a PSAOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 26, 2018
• Opinion | Lessons from Tokyo about Toronto’s substandard subwaysOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 24, 2018