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.

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A high-priced tea party

CanWest: Ouch . Best of luck, amid all the wheeling carnage, to Frances Bula, one of the country’s finest city-hall reporters, now...

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Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

I was going to write something longer, but the usual distractions intervened. Just to say that on Saturday I sprung $15 on a hunch...

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We distort, we deride

Fox News runs cartoonishly distorted pictures of reporters who criticized it.

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On the terrifying rise of my arch-enemy Michael Byers

ITQ brings the big news that Michael Byers will seek the federal NDP nomination in Hedy Fry’s riding. (Why ’seek,’ by the way?...

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An under-resourced war

U.S. and other coalition deaths were up nearly 50% in June over the record-low month of May, but for the second month in a...

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Have a nap

Starbucks to close 600 outlets , leaving only 42 million still open.

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Sarko-triumph!

More from the incorrigible twit who governs France. Recall that intelligent people have been pointing to Sarko’s six-month...

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"Look, we start the week the same way as The New Yorker, with blank paper and ink. There’s no reason why we can’t be just as good as they are. Or better. They’re so damned dull.”

Clay Felker dies , but he leaves a glory behind. Adam Moss , his worthy successor, leaves the obituary duties to Kurt Andersen.

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On elegant landings

Bishop’s University hires well .

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The future of newspapering, for the next few months anyway

I read Howie Kurtz tut-tutting about the Orlando Sentinel , so I went to look for its redesigned front page. Here it is. I haven’t...

Paul Wells

A high-priced tea party

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

We distort, we deride

On the terrifying rise of my arch-enemy Michael Byers

An under-resourced war

Have a nap

Sarko-triumph!

"Look, we start the week the same way as The New Yorker, with blank paper and ink. There’s no reason why we can’t be just as good as they are. Or better. They’re so damned dull.”

On elegant landings

The future of newspapering, for the next few months anyway

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