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Danielle Sassoon, right, interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, in Washington on Jan. 31, 2025. Sassoon resigned rather than sign off on Emil Bove III's command to dismiss the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (Kent Nishimura/The New York Times)

John T. Shaw: Danielle Sassoon’s stirring act of statesmanship sends forth a ‘ripple of hope’

February 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Danielle Sassoon had reasons to quietly go along with the Trump program. But she choose a different path.

Then-U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., chairman of the House committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair, talks with reporters during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 17, 1987. (John Duricka/AP)

John T. Shaw: Congress could take a lesson on independence from a southern Indiana moderate

January 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A former moderate congressman from Indiana, Lee Hamilton, believed Congress should work with, but not be a supplicant to, the executive branch.

Trinity Washington University President Patricia McGuire in 2009. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

John T. Shaw: University president shows that statesmanship can work wonders in academia

January 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, thinks big, acts boldly and speaks clearly — and truthfully.

Mesa Mayor John Giles on Oct. 2, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona. He spoke at the Democratic National Convention in support of Kamala Harris. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

John T. Shaw: During a dark presidential campaign, glimmers of statesmanship shined through

November 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

During a dark presidential campaign, two mayors from swing states insisted on placing the public interest above their personal or partisan interest.

Bernardette Dor, center, holds hands with her friend's daughter during a service in support of the Haitian community at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Sept. 15, 2024. (Luis Andres Henao/AP)

John T. Shaw: During a time of hatred toward immigrants, here’s how statesmanship can bridge the divide

October 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Arguably, no single issue in American life is in greater need of statesmanship than immigration.

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., waves for a photo with other members of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis after speaking to the group in Indianapolis on Aug. 31, 2010. (Darron Cummings/AP)

John T. Shaw: Indiana US Sen. Richard Lugar offered a master class in statesmanship

September 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Richard Lugar's career exemplifies the central elements of statesmanship: vision, courage, compassion, effectiveness and civility.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: Our nation needs muscular rhetoric and problem-solving statesmanship

September 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

One of the unspoken tragedies of our current political moment is we spend far too little time discussing the policy challenges that confront us.

A monument with statues of Abraham Lincoln, left, and Stephen Douglas at a park in Ottawa, Illinois, on June 30, 2022. The park is where they first debated. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: Former Ottawa Mayor Robert Eschbach’s inspiring Illinois statesmanship

August 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Ottawa, Illinois, was in a dispiriting descent in 1999. But Mayor Robert Eschbach saw hope and opportunity.

CIA Director William Burns testifies March 9, 2023, during the House Select Committee on Intelligence annual open hearing on worldwide threats at the Capitol in Washington.

John Shaw: I urge my students to find mentors who show them how to live by example

April 29, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

As the spring semester at Southern Illinois University winds down, I've been thinking about what final insights to pass on to my students. I've decided to emphasize the importance of...

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