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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

100 days of decision: day 1,101

Monte Solberg, who served in this Conservative government for nearly three years, has decided that — darn it — it’s time for...

Ottawa

Obama in Afghanistan: a tougher stance?

The first hints about what Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan might be, beyond "more troops:" a clearer division of...

Ottawa

Budget ’09: Fearful asymmetries

This budget is clearly designed to form the basis for a Conservative-Liberal coalition de facto

Ottawa

Tear down 24 Sussex?

What should be done with the PM’s home? Tell us what you think.

Ottawa

From north of the border, more of the standard emissions

Canada’s government has been "working toward" emissions standards like the ones Barack Obama allowed California to impose "for the...

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And now, another trip into weirdly literate television

Fareed Zakaria’s GPS show on CNN: it’s really, really not Crossfire ! This week’s edition was about Afghanistan. Guests include...

Ottawa

UPDATED: You mean phoning your column in is a bad thing? Uh-oh.

Bill Kristol: Currently between projects . UPDATE: Late-breaking comment from the fan club. Kristol "is easily among the most...

Ottawa

Flash bulletin: Car-parts plants to be reserved for making car parts on Tuesday

"We have grown-ups running the budget process," a Senior Anonymous Source tells the Globe . "There will be no juvenile political...

Ottawa

Lawyering down

Rod Blagojevich’s lawyer quit because his client wouldn’t listen to common sense ? Boy, there’s one influence-peddling case that’s...

Ottawa

Turns out they elected Demi and Ashton

I pledge to keep my last meal down, although this video doesn’t make that job easy: We spent the weekend in Washington DC, playing...

Paul Wells

100 days of decision: day 1,101

Obama in Afghanistan: a tougher stance?

Budget ’09: Fearful asymmetries

Tear down 24 Sussex?

From north of the border, more of the standard emissions

And now, another trip into weirdly literate television

UPDATED: You mean phoning your column in is a bad thing? Uh-oh.

Flash bulletin: Car-parts plants to be reserved for making car parts on Tuesday

Lawyering down

Turns out they elected Demi and Ashton

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