A reminder: When you take a meeting with the abyss, the abyss takes a meeting with you
Paul Wells on how Harper plays the game
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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.
Tehran today
"Longing on a large scale is what makes history" — Don DeLillo
Damn, Adam, that’s cold
Adam Radwanski writes the cruellest paragraph I’ve read about Michael Ignatieff from a writer who could, reasonably, be expected...
MUSIC: The new kid
I knew this wouldn’t take long. Youtube has video of Branford Marsalis with his new drummer, Justin Faulkner (who is one of five...
UPDATED: Iran: Obama’s turn now
Yes, what is happening in Tehran is not about the U.S. president. And yes, if he jams his nose too far into Iran’s business he...
Mounties fail in attempt to taser inquiry
BC judge sees reason , ixnays cops’ attempt to make this whole sordid Dziekanski business more ridiculous, decides to make it less...
Carry the nasty (aka shifting the blame)
Paul Wells has a hunch: We will be in an election campaign by next week
"We want freedom"
Something big, and real, and tremendously heartening, writes Paul Wells, has been happening all weekend in Iran
Coyne v. Wells: Special policy-wonk edition!
Andrew and I discuss nuclear energy . Turns out he’s against $30-billion sinkholes. Naturally, sparks fly, because for a...