Ottawa’Oh gawd, it’s Lurch!!!’ Mike Duffy in The Trial of the CenturyWeek 9: ’Did he orchestrate a monstrous scheme against Sen. Duffy? Or is he Harper’s fall guy? It doesn’t matter, just get his tie straight!’
MoviesStraight outta their element? The high stakes of the N.W.A. biopicThere’s more nostalgia for hip-hop’s halcyon days than ever—and, as a result, a lot of pressure on ’Straight Outta Compton’
PoliticsKathleen Wynne: Time to kick Harper outThe Ontario premier on her feud with the PM over pensions and her campaign for Justin Trudeau
PodcastThe Bibliopod: On Edith Whartonmania and indie publishingThis week on Maclean’s podcast about books, we interview Stephanie Clifford about Edith Wharton, and Dan Wells of Biblioasis
PodcastThe Thrill: Straight Outta Compton, celeb feminism, and e-laughsThis week on our culture podcast, we talk the NWA biopic, the way we laugh online, and more
PodcastMaclean’s on the Hill: Nigel Wright, Kathleen Wynne and #elxn42Also: The NDP’s new star candidate
ArtsNo one puts ’Maybe’ in a corner: Carly Rae Jepsen’s next chapterHow do you make a follow-up to a record that sold 300,000 copies? Very slowly. And while playing Cinderella on Broadway.
PoliticsIn the Duffy emails, a word from the Prime MinisterNew emails from the Duffy trial let us know what the Prime Minister knew and what he thought about at least one aspect of the affair
ScienceWhy gratitude could be good for your healthHumans are hardwired to see the negative in life. But growing research shows feeling grateful can boost health, grades, and even brain function.
OttawaDonald Bayne meets Nigel Wright: Let the cross beginMulroney. Morals. The meaning of ’force.’ Mike Duffy’s lawyer takes on the PMO’s former chief of staff in day two of Nigel Wright’s testimony