The U.S. has gone rogue, and Canada may be caught in the crossfire
Adnan R. Khan: The assassination of Qassem Soleimani could set Iraq on fire, with dire consequences for Canadian troops
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Opinion
Canadian politics needs way more shame
Scott Gilmore: Canada needs men and women in power who are afraid to lie to us, who would be embarrassed to be caught out, who blush and fear the consequences
Some of the best Maclean’s columns of 2019
From the SNC-Lavalin debacle to Trump to Don Cherry’s firing, here is a small selection of some of the many brilliant opinion pieces published in Maclean’s in 2019
What Cristine Rotenberg would do with an extra day
2020 is a leap year. What would a Canadian YouTube star with more than 7 million subscribers do on the extra day? She’d go into ghost mode.
What Jillian Vanstone would with an extra day
2020 is a leap year. What would a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada do on a leap day? Have a chat or several.
What Matt Galloway would do with an extra day
2020 is a leap year. What would the new host of CBC’s ’The Current’ do with his extra day? Surprisingly, he would not catch up on sleep.
Decriminalization is not a radical solution to the opioid crisis. And it would work.
Jane Philpott: If you don’t already know someone who has lost a loved one because of an accidental opioid overdose, it’s only a matter of time until you will
The left must stand against capitalism. Now.
Andray Domise: People who hold left-leaning ideals have to quit kidding themselves by believing that capitalism exists as a benevolent or even neutral social arrangement
My 2020 prediction: Nothing matters and everything will be okay
Scott Gilmore: There will be relentless news of catastrophes, political scandals, economic woes and social strife. Pay no attention.
Touchscreens make life easy. Until they put it in peril.
Our editorial: Sometimes in our rush to adopt new technology, we inadvertently make things worse. And touchscreens might be Exhibit A.