The search for simple answersHaving taken a full four days to think it over, various Liberals have settled on two explanations for their party’s losses: their...
Hey look: In which the appeal to Quebecers’ sovereigntist instincts doesn’t workFrom the magazine, Chapter 4 of our account of the 2011 campaign. Featuring such other dispatches from the Dept. of It Looked Like...
"That’s kind of the sentiment we’re getting at"People in politics have no idea how loathsome they sound
The detained documentsFor 36 hours or so last month there was some interest in the review of documents related to the detention and transfer of...
You and what mob?Apathy is Boring’s Ilona Dougherty wrote this before election day, so now it seems prescient.
I know what you’re saying. You’re saying, "There just hasn’t been enough about the election in Maclean’s. Where can I get some more?"I feel your pain, Canada. Fortunately we’re here to help. Maclean’s and CPAC had a lunch event in Ottawa on Thursday to peer into...
The Twitter effectThis speech from Hugh Winsor is a few months old, but likely remains relevant, perhaps even as an inadvertent commentary on the...