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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

Well surprise, surprise, surprise

I know you’ll be astonished to learn the Conservative Party has made Michael Ignatieff the focus of its new ads.

Ottawa

Was McKiernan’s fate sealed in January?

I am enjoying putting up post after post on the firing of U.S. Gen. David McKiernan even though (because?) the lack of traffic on...

Ottawa

MUSIC: Two jazz festivals: the consumer guide

Friends are already asking what they should see at the Montreal and Ottawa jazz festivals. The short answer is: lots. The program...

Ottawa

SUBSTANTIALLY UPDATED: On the Canadian Forces’ new commander in Afghanistan

Because that’s the deal here: if Stanley McChrystal is confirmed as the replacement for David McKiernan as the top U.S. general in...

Ottawa

Whoah

Obama fires COMISAF . Bob Gates says "fresh eyes" were needed in Afghanistan.

Ottawa

Christy switched, and so should you

Apparently I’m not the only late convert to BC-STV. Here’s Christy Clark, Gordon Campbell’s former deputy premier.

Ottawa

Star Trek: The road not travelled

I wonder whether the people who put the original Star Trek series together had any inkling that, nearly 43 years after the first...

Ottawa

Hey BC: If you don’t vote Yes to STV, you might as well move to Toronto

Paul Wells gives a few more reasons for electoral reform

Ottawa

Filmed on location

JJ Abrams’ Star Trek , as you have no doubt already heard, is spectacular, touching, funny, gorgeous. It is not flawless, and it’s...

Ottawa

Where have you gone, Howie Meeker/ A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

"’People sense Wouters (who came from Treasury Board) will be more inclined to move forward with government priorities than anyone...

Paul Wells

Well surprise, surprise, surprise

Was McKiernan’s fate sealed in January?

MUSIC: Two jazz festivals: the consumer guide

SUBSTANTIALLY UPDATED: On the Canadian Forces’ new commander in Afghanistan

Whoah

Christy switched, and so should you

Star Trek: The road not travelled

Hey BC: If you don’t vote Yes to STV, you might as well move to Toronto

Filmed on location

Where have you gone, Howie Meeker/ A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

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