How Europe was saved
WELLS: The work of historian Tony Judt, who lost all but his ability to speak, pays heed to the power of words
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Paul Wells
Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells writes about politics across Canada and abroad. Except sometimes he ignores politics and writes about music or something else.
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PAUL WELLS on Ignatieff’s communications director, who died this morning in a motorcycle crash
Write if you get work
From La Presse comes news that Jean-Marc Fournier, who put in a year and a half as Michael Ignatieff’s senior Quebec advisor, is...
Hey look: the PM, hanging by a thread and lovin’ it
From the print edition, my monthly brain-in-a-jar Harper column . This one contrasts nicely with this morning’s Ekos poll . Could...
Harper’s got us just where he wants us
WELLS: The Prime Minister likes it when people assume that his grip on power hangs by a thread
My nominee for editor of Newsweek
Paul Wells on who should replace Jon Meacham
"This nation was founded on the principle that the government must never choose between religions"
There’s been a lot of talk about libertarianism in Canadian politics lately. Of course the word has different meanings to...
A devastating critique of the nation’s political journalism
WELLS: Australian election coverage is a funhouse-mirror reflection of the way things work here
Music: Four strong, um, strings
It’s a little nutty how much classical music there is in Ottawa in the summer. The NAC Orchestra played three fun...