Tony Burman

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Recent work

• Opinion | The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank spotlights danger faced by both journalists and PalestiniansOpinion · Toronto Star · May 12, 2022
• Opinion | From the FLQ crisis to Trump crisis, five decades on the front lines of the worldOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 11, 2021
• Opinion | How the end of Netanyahu could shake up everything — finally — in the MideastOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2021
• Opinion | How the end of Netanyahu could shake up everything — finally — in the MideastOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 2, 2021
• Opinion | The silencing of Radio Canada International and Canada’s shrinking voice in the worldOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 1, 2021
• Opinion | After successes at home, Joe Biden prepares to tackle global rivals China and RussiaOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 28, 2021
• Opinion | Here’s why nothing will change in America after the guilty verdict in the murder of George FloydOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 23, 2021
• Opinion | The most enduring casualty of COVID may very well be the death of democracy in some nationsOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 31, 2021
• Tony Burman: Donald Trump is guilty as sin, but will likely be acquitted. Will Americans learn anything from their flirtation with fascism?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 11, 2021
• Opinion | Donald Trump is guilty as sin, but will likely be acquitted. Will Americans learn anything from their flirtation with fascism?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 10, 2021
• Tony Burman: Biden takes his first foreign policy steps on the rough road to restoring America’s ‘place in the world’Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 4, 2021
• Opinion | Biden takes his first foreign policy steps on the rough road to restoring America’s ‘place in the world’Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2021
• Tony Burman: It’s Vladimir Putin vs. charismatic blogger Alexei Navalny for the soul of RussiaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 30, 2021
• Opinion | It’s Vladimir Putin vs. charismatic blogger Alexei Navalny for the soul of RussiaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 29, 2021
• Tony Burman: Can Joe Biden restore America’s strength and reputation after Trump? The world will seeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 22, 2021
• Opinion | Can Joe Biden restore America’s strength and reputation after Trump? The world will seeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 21, 2021
• Tony Burman: U.S. Capitol attacks draw increasing parallels with Nazism in the 1930sOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 14, 2021
• Opinion | U.S. Capitol attacks draw increasing parallels with Nazism in the 1930sOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 13, 2021
• Tony Burman: Despite coup disgrace, Trump probably isn’t done yetOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 6, 2021
• Opinion | Despite coup disgrace, Trump probably isn’t done yetOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 6, 2021
• Tony Burman: Boris will bumble, Trump will linger like a bad smell, and more 2021 predictionsOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 26, 2020
• Opinion | Boris will bumble, Trump will linger like a bad smell, and more 2021 predictionsOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 25, 2020
• Tony Burman: Amid Trump’s scorched earth and Netanyahu possibly gone as well, it’s time for a new start in the MideastOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 3, 2020
• Opinion | Amid Trump’s scorched earth and Netanyahu possibly gone as well, it’s time for a new start in the MideastOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 2, 2020
• Tony Burman: Five reasons why Joe Biden faces a world far different from before TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 28, 2020
• Opinion | Five reasons why Joe Biden faces a world far different from before TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 27, 2020
• Tony Burman: Why the CBC needs to heed Barack Obama’s warning about the blurring of news and entertainment — and the threat to democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 19, 2020
• Why the CBC needs to heed Barack Obama’s warning about the blurring of news and entertainment — and the threat to democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 19, 2020
• Tony Burman: In the wake of divisive presidential election, an angry America polarized like never beforeOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 6, 2020
• In the wake of divisive presidential election, an angry America polarized like never beforeOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 5, 2020
• Tony Burman: America will never heal until Donald Trump is held accountableOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 30, 2020
• America will never heal until Donald Trump is held accountableOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 30, 2020
• Tony Burman: Stain of the Trump era, on full display during presidential debate, could make life very complicated for President Joe BidenOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 21, 2020
• Stain of the Trump era, on full display during presidential debate, could make life very complicated for President Joe BidenOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 21, 2020
• Tony Burman: U.S. vice-presidential debate offered glimpse of life after TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 9, 2020
• U.S. vice-presidential debate offered glimpse of life after TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 8, 2020
• Tony Burman: Poetic justice for Trump in the worst week of his presidencyOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 30, 2020
• Poetic justice for Trump in the worst week of his presidencyOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 30, 2020
• Tony Burman: Green New Deal might be popular enough to doom Donald TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 19, 2020
• Green New Deal might be popular enough to doom Donald TrumpOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 18, 2020
• Tony Burman: Trump’s pandemic disaster puts even 9/11 in perspectiveOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 11, 2020
• Trump’s pandemic disaster puts even 9/11 in perspectiveOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 10, 2020
• How could Donald Trump try to steal the U.S. election?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 20, 2020
• Tony Burman: How could Donald Trump try to steal the U.S. election?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 20, 2020
• Tony Burman: How Kamala Harris can help Democrats erase Trump’s toxic legacyOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 14, 2020
• How Kamala Harris can help Democrats erase Trump’s toxic legacyOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 13, 2020
• Global stakes are high as Lebanon recovers from devastating Beirut blastOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 6, 2020
• Tony Burman: Global stakes are high as Lebanon recovers from devastating Beirut blastOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 6, 2020
• Tony Burman: World leaders’ courage and principles go missing as they ignore Uighur nightmareOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 31, 2020
• World leaders’ courage and principles go missing as they ignore Uighur nightmareOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 30, 2020
• Benjamin Netanyahu’s land grab will rock the Mideast. Why Israel’s move could backfireOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 25, 2020
• Tony Burman: Benjamin Netanyahu’s land grab will rock the Mideast. Why Israel’s move could backfireOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 25, 2020
• Tony Burman: Donald Trump, the chaos president, will find posing as the ‘law and order’ guy is a stretchOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 5, 2020
• Donald Trump, the chaos president, will find posing as the ‘law and order’ guy is a stretchOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2020
• Tony Burman: Five reasons why Joe Biden will beat Donald Trump in NovemberOpinion · Toronto Star · May 29, 2020
• Five reasons why Joe Biden will beat Donald Trump in NovemberOpinion · Toronto Star · May 28, 2020
• Tony Burman: Trump’s China ‘blame game’ hastens new world orderOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 25, 2020
• Trump’s China ‘blame game’ hastens new world orderOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 24, 2020
• Tony Burman: Positive things may yet come from the coronavirus crisis: from rebuilding public health to ending Trump’s reignOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 13, 2020
• Positive things may yet come from the coronavirus crisis: from rebuilding public health to ending Trump’s reignOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 12, 2020