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

Beating around with a brand-new Bush

Jeb ’16: the campaign begins . As Yglesias (who is not fond of Republicans but is, I believe, writing without discernible snark...

Ottawa

Shorter Lawrence Martin

What’s it been, three years already? I’m bored; bring me a new prime minister .

Ottawa

Big shiny new year!

I don’t know about you, but eveything feels... different . So many things will work out differently this year! 2008 is over! I...

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Anyone can whistle; only Zune owners have to

Apparently every 30-gig Zune mp3 player in the world is freezing up . I asked Peter Van Loan and he said it’s Dalton McGuinty’s...

Ottawa

NATO: Action on the Eastern front

The Economist sets a cat among pigeons by touting Radek Sikorski , Poland’s foreign minister, as secretary-general of NATO. He’s a...

Ottawa

"AUTOPSY REPORT CONFIRMS EXORCIST TORTURED WOMEN"

Steve Coll reads a newspaper in Pakistan .

Ottawa

Man of the year: It was easy to make this priority

Dan Arnold over at Calgary Grit comes up with his Person of the Year and, following his self-imposed rule-of-thumb that it’s best...

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MUSIC: One of another kind

Nobody ever played more trumpet than Freddie Hubbard , in the sense of a guy picking the horn up the way a very angry bulldog...

Ottawa

"We’re not asking Canadians for a mandate to spend 30 days figuring out what to do"

That was Diamond Jim Flaherty on Oct. 7 . Ah, nostalgia. It’s a good thing he wasn’t asking for 30 days to figure out what to...

Ottawa

Obama: The temptation to coast on his legacy must be overwhelming

Barack Obama is way more popular than any of his predecessors were at the point in their administration when they hadn’t done...

Paul Wells

Beating around with a brand-new Bush

Shorter Lawrence Martin

Big shiny new year!

Anyone can whistle; only Zune owners have to

NATO: Action on the Eastern front

"AUTOPSY REPORT CONFIRMS EXORCIST TORTURED WOMEN"

Man of the year: It was easy to make this priority

MUSIC: One of another kind

"We’re not asking Canadians for a mandate to spend 30 days figuring out what to do"

Obama: The temptation to coast on his legacy must be overwhelming

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