The John Babcock analogy
Lawyer and Macleans.ca commenter Howard Anglin writes at length in defence of the government’s position on Omar Khadr’s child...
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Aaron Wherry
Aaron Wherry covers the House of Commons and its 338 residents for Maclean’s.
Where is our GPS?
Glen Pearson goes on the television . I was pulled out of the Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday to appear on “Politics” with...
Public intellectual
Andrew Steele considers Michael Ignatieff and elitism. You would be hard-pressed to identify a single Canadian prime minister who...
Lede of the year
David Akin produces an early contender. In Richmond, B.C., senior citizens are getting $18,500 from the federal government to hold...
Silly question
What would a Canadian television host have to say on air to elicit multiple on-camera responses from American defense secretary...
The Commons: Greg Gutfeld, and other less important matters
A lot of time was spent defending Canada’s honour in response to a generally irrelevant late-night TV host
In his spare time
Michael Ignatieff reviews Leslie Gelb’s new book in the Times. Talk of Bretton Woods II may be overambitious, but some new global...
Back to your regularly scheduled programming
Nice to get back to Ottawa and find that the top story, at this hour, is a clip of some comedians joking around on an American...
The story so far
Taking a couple days off now, before Parliament resumes next week. Good a time as any to take stock and thank you for your...
The children, our future
Liveblogging Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister