Shira Lurie

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion | Democracy is on the line in American MidtermsOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 24, 2022
• Opinion | We’re suffering from a pandemic of individualism — the flawed rhetoric of personal responsibility won’t solve our crisesOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 17, 2022
• Opinion | The Saturday Debate: Will the Democrats avoid a midterm massacre?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 4, 2022
• Opinion | Make Canada Day a national day of reckoningOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 13, 2021
• Opinion | Canada should aspire to more than simply beating the United StatesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 13, 2021
• Opinion | The problem with Joe Biden’s quixotic quest for American unityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 24, 2021
• Opinion | Republicans have been sowing the seeds of yesterday’s coup attempt for decadesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 6, 2021
• Why Canadians should be closely watching the U.S. electionOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 3, 2020
• ‘Hamilton’s’ uplifting narrative distorts America then and America today | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2020
• National myths we tell ourselves are as racist and ignorant as Trudeau’s costumes | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 18, 2019