David Shribman

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | David Shribman

Susan Allan Block — celebrated pastry chef, local cultural proponent, lifelong animal lover, passionate supporter of conservative causes, fervent advocate for cancer patients — died Thursday. She was 58. Mrs. Block, a one-time top swimmer and former executive assistant to two prominent New York City entrepreneurs, was a Toledo resident for 14 years following her marriage to Allan J. Block, chief executive officer of Block Communications.

1 week ago | theglobeandmail.com | David Shribman

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | David Shribman

The trade war that has roiled American commercial relations, reshaped how the country’s traditional allies regard the United States, upended business plans worldwide, and destabilized global financial markets has transformed President Donald Trump into the equivalent of a war president. There’s no shooting involved, nor massive mobilization of troops.

1 week ago | herald-zeitung.com | David Shribman

It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American schoolchildren. But listen, my children, and you shall hear of the 250th anniversary of the days of gunfire and glory that opened the American Revolution.

1 week ago | normantranscript.com | David Shribman

It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American schoolchildren. But listen, my children, and you shall hear of the 250th anniversary of the days of gunfire and glory that opened the American Revolution.