Praise the Lord and grab the moneyThe Money Cult is an eye-popping and prodigiously researched book on the history of religion and money in America
Pro wrestling’s surprising Prairie rootsA Lakehead University scholar provides a ’matside people’s history’ of pro wrestling in 19th-century Manitoba
Liberal insiders try for a bond with the rank-and-fileOur Ottawa bureau chief sketches the key developments at the Liberal policy convention
Five takeaways from Justin Trudeau’s speechMaclean’s Ottawa bureau chief parses the Prime Minister’s address to hard-core Liberals in Winnipeg
How grassroots Tories changed their party’s definition of marriageJoseph Heap and Natalie Pon teamed up with a Calgary MP to out-hustle those in the party opposed to updating CPC policy on marriage
Assisted death is the new pro-choiceWhen does life—and a doctor’s duty—begin and end? Assisted dying is dredging up the big questions of the abortion debate, for better or worse.
A masterful biography of the RomanovsA new biography outlines the the violence, treachery and deceit rampant in the Romanov family
Rona Ambrose: ’So Justin – who’s the feminist now!?’Here’s what Rona Ambrose told Conservatives today at their convention in Vancouver
Is there such thing as a ’backroom’ figure anymore?Katie Telford, Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, takes centre stage at the 2016 Liberal convention
Mélanie Joly: ’Sesquicentennial. Remember that word.’For the record: The Canadian Heritage minister’s keynote speech to the 2016 Liberal Biennial Convention