’This is a shot at our country and our democracy’
Bruce Heyman, former U.S. ambassador to Canada, on the storming of the Capitol, Trump’s incitement and where America goes from here
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Marie-Danielle Smith
Marie-Danielle Smith is an Ottawa-based writer for Maclean’s, hunting whimsy and wonkery on Parliament Hill. She has filed from faraway cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Brussels and Winnipeg. She peddles pun-ditry.
The posterboys of American authoritarianism
Marie-Danielle Smith: Look at the faces in the mob, those merch-wearing zealots, attacking the U.S. Capitol as if rushing the stage at a rock concert
Let’s not ’cancel’ Baby Yoda
Marie-Danielle Smith: ’You see, in the before times, we were able to extend the benefit of the doubt to a 16-inch-tall animatronic baby.’
How the Grinch stole a pandemic Christmas
He was sure every Who in the town was resistant / To keeping their gatherings socially distant. / “And they’re cooking their turkeys!” he yelped with anxiety. / “The year 2020 has crippled society!”
2021 is the year electric blankets are cool again
Today’s plug-in blankets are not the overheating, fire-starting throws that gave your grandmother anxiety back in the day
Canada’s foreign policy agenda in 2021
There will be a new goal in the coming year: getting ahead (and getting heard) in an unfriendly, chaotic world
10 pivotal First Nations rights disputes to watch in 2021
First Nations are demanding recognition of rights in a chain of potential flashpoints across the country
The pandemic has ramped up students’ money woes
There are no jobs. But there are bills to pay. And there are online classes to attend. Luckily, there are some lifelines.
2020 proved that women’s hard-earned place in the workforce is shakier than we thought
The economic crisis spurred by the pandemic has unveiled inequalities and obstacles once thought a thing of the past for women, begging the question: Have women really secured their foothold in the job market?
Only in 2020 would running errands be the most exciting thing you do all week
Rushing out to get milk was once the height of tedium. Today, it’s an anxiety-inducing thrill ride.