Music: Things that aren’t entirely surprising
The New Yorker ’s Alex Ross offers a rare look at music inside North Korea . Turns out it’s horrible and sparsely-attended.
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.
"Those willing to follow"
I’m happy to second Colby Cosh’s "even stronger than usual recommendation " of Andrew Coyne’s column this week , in which he...
Pre-election peaks and doldrums, or, a lesson for Alf (UPDATED)
Here’s a secret about elections: they don’t happen between elections
Music: Call it anything
For no real reason at all, I posted the link to this video in one of the comment boards today, and now I’ll write a bit about...
We’ve been wrong about everything
The president of the Liberal Party of Canada has sent out a memo explaining that the Parliamentary press gallery and its outport...
How Harper turned to academia to pick the next GG
Profs pick a uni president to replace Michaëlle Jean
The American president
Has it really been two years since Barack Obama visited Berlin?
Hey look: Your seal meat will be served, Excellency
My column from this week’s print edition , in which I try again to explain the significance of David Johnston’s selection. It’s...
Harper likes a man who knows his place
WELLS: When Michaëlle Jean was referee, she did precisely as Harper asked. But she made him nervous.
Feeling like a Newman
PAUL WELLS on who will replace Global’s Kevin Newman