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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

Howard’s Way: We get emails

From @conservative.ca addresses:

Ottawa

Howard’s way: Ancient history lessons

The day’s Conservative rebuttal talking point seems to be that it is trivial and condescending of the Liberals to dig up...

Ottawa

Howard’s way: Y’know, some books just get better with age

From Right Side Up: The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen Harper’s New Conservatism :

Ottawa

Howard’s way: Stephen Harper’s twisted walk back on Iraq

From our issue of Jan. 29, 2007 this is my best attempt to trace Stephen Harper’s evolution on the Iraq war, a trajectory that...

Ottawa

Howard’s way: Stephen Harper considers the damage, August, 2003

“Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence...

Ottawa

We get emails

Or rather, we get forwarded emails that have been sent to some large number of Liberals . From the Inkless emailbox:

Ottawa

Meet the geniuses

A few days after the fact, won’t you please welcome the 2008 MacArthur Foundation fellows , who receive large amounts of money...

Ottawa

Very small Monday-morning observation

My goodness, the Prime Minister looks tired at his news conference.

Ottawa

A Quebec battlefield, and it’s not the Plains of Abraham

Massive-sample, oddly-long-time-in-the-field Quebec poll from a reputable firm shows the Bloc at 33%, the Conservatives at...

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My God, Vincent d’Onofrio over-acts.

There, I said it.

Paul Wells

Howard’s Way: We get emails

Howard’s way: Ancient history lessons

Howard’s way: Y’know, some books just get better with age

Howard’s way: Stephen Harper’s twisted walk back on Iraq

Howard’s way: Stephen Harper considers the damage, August, 2003

We get emails

Meet the geniuses

Very small Monday-morning observation

A Quebec battlefield, and it’s not the Plains of Abraham

My God, Vincent d’Onofrio over-acts.

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