Best of 2010: slim pickings, in a good way
Best-of-2010 lists have been filling the entertainment pages of my recent morning papers (yes, I still read the paper on...
John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
A year’s politics in 12 chapters
(No partridge, no pear tree)
Recommended books I couldn’t review this year
Books from 2010 that you shouldn’t overlook
Richard Holbrooke’s death: can we make do without outsized diplomats?
Do today’s politics allow for it?
Canada’s doctors ask for public input, but that can’t be an end in itself
Why do physicians need average folks’ help?
How do they get away with it?
Peter MacKay and Maxime Bernier have been way off-message this year, but Harper hasn’t slapped them down
Not exactly an accurate reflection
Critics slam the Tories’ new anti-drug campaign
Whipsawed by WikiLeaks: Canadian self-doubt and smugness
Why are Canadians sneered at from both angles?
Ignatieff and Kenney on what matters
Beyond the inevitable and inescapable scrutiny of the supposed defining traits of the party leaders, what will the next federal...
UPDATED: The chief justice on whether judges coddle criminals
[UPDATED BELOW] Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin isn’t given to casual remarks about matters of law and order, and she’s cautious...