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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.

Ottawa

High-speed railroading

From the print edition, Andrew Coyne says a lot of really mean things about my high-speed rail dream. And yet I rather like where...

Ottawa

For your consideration

The National Post takes this whole Chrétien Order of Merit news badly . Conrad Black has other things on his mind these days, but...

Ottawa

Perhaps-not-ideal political metaphor of the day

Former Liberal defence minister David Pratt has a hard time telling the difference between a democratic challenge for a riding...

Ottawa

Checking visas

Where’s that story I wanted to comment on? Oh yes, here it is . What a bunch of xenophobic mouthbreathers: Wait a...

Ottawa

Magical Washington-Moscow "reset button" resets only the easy stuff

Obama visits Moscow; Medvedev visits Tskhinvali . Obama wants "Georgia’s territorial integrity" respected; Medvedev demonstrates...

Ottawa

And how’s that coming along?

— The Canadian Press, eight weeks ago

Ottawa

You gotta fight for your right to leak

This time it’s the Liberals giving the Parliamentary Budget Officer a headache

Ottawa

Michael Jackson: Wanna be endin’ something

From the print edition, my piece on the Michael Jackson memorial , which is largely based on the piece I wrote several days...

Ottawa

Since Coyne’s on vacation...

...it falls to me to do the pained, more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger gloating he would be doing now if he were on deck: And indeed it...

Ottawa

More journalists on journalists

Colleague Anne Kingston’s article on the big changes at the Globe and Mail is here . It has fun gossip. Anne’s piece doesn’t...

Paul Wells

High-speed railroading

For your consideration

Perhaps-not-ideal political metaphor of the day

Checking visas

Magical Washington-Moscow "reset button" resets only the easy stuff

And how’s that coming along?

You gotta fight for your right to leak

Michael Jackson: Wanna be endin’ something

Since Coyne’s on vacation...

More journalists on journalists

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