The Interview: Philip Slayton on mayors behaving badly
From 2015: Philip Slayton on bad mayors, good mayors—and why every big-city mayor has no real power and is doomed to fail
Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
How Anne of Green Gables would advise Princess Charlotte
Anne of Green Gables offers some words of wisdom to Princess Charlotte on hair, grudges and daydreaming
A reading list fit for a princess
Brian Bethune presents some essentially unroyal takes on dragons, princes and the working life for a modern Princess Charlotte
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of May 5
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
Can we clone a mammoth? Here’s a potential cookbook.
Even if we can rebuild the mammoth, what would be the point?
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of April 28
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
The opening act of a genocidal century
One hundred years on, denial of the Armenian Genocide continues, but the tide of history is finally turning
In praise of natural invaders: Book review
Our war with invasive species has been as futile as the war on drugs. Witness the 30,000 Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of April 14
The hottest titles in both fiction and non-fiction
The Interview: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on reforming Islam
In her new book, Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues the rise of Islamist extremism presents moderate Muslims with an opportunity for reform