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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

Elizabeth May: It’s going well, I think

From Anne Kingston’s dynamite profile of the party and its leader in this peculiar post-election moment , which adorns our current...

Ottawa

Skip a debate? This guy walked out on the whole campaign

Here’s an excellent speech on stuff in general by John Manley . I sang its praises when Manley delivered it in the spring and I...

Ottawa

Dept. of ideas that make perfect sense to the insane

Via Rail wants to compete with iTunes . "It’s not our core business, obviously," says a guy who gets paid to say things that are...

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MUSIC: Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra, "Venus"

The very great Montreal band from the late ’80s sings about the place "one planet closer to the Sun:"

Ottawa

Liberals: the natural grumbling party

BY PAUL WELLS

Ottawa

Afghanistan: "Winnable, but only just"

From George Packer’s New Yorker blog (and by the way, I spent part of the week wondering at the very existence of such a thing as...

Ottawa

Things that make you go Hmm, especially if you’re a BC Liberal hoping to get re-elected

Federal Liberal leadership convention: Vancouver, April 30-May 3. Provincial B.C. fixed-date re-elect Gordon Campbell election :...

Ottawa

Afghanistan: Today’s total must-read

Our colleague Michael Petrou weighs in today with a concise explanation of the current woes in Afghanistan . Michael has shown me...

Ottawa

Conservative Convention: Well, it really is Stephen Harper’s party

Kady fills us in on why attending the Conservative convention in Winnipeg would have been a stunning waste of time. Fun fact: 21...

Ottawa

Enough with the fun topics, Paul. When can we read another column on research funding?

A nation’s prayers are answered. Just in time for our big university issue, here’s the latest column on... well, let me just say...

Paul Wells

Elizabeth May: It’s going well, I think

Skip a debate? This guy walked out on the whole campaign

Dept. of ideas that make perfect sense to the insane

MUSIC: Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra, "Venus"

Liberals: the natural grumbling party

Afghanistan: "Winnable, but only just"

Things that make you go Hmm, especially if you’re a BC Liberal hoping to get re-elected

Afghanistan: Today’s total must-read

Conservative Convention: Well, it really is Stephen Harper’s party

Enough with the fun topics, Paul. When can we read another column on research funding?

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