Categories: Newsmakers

Maclean's 5 Newsmakers of the Year

The most fascinating people and stories of 2009. Plus, scandals, apologies, twits, heroes and more

by macleans.ca on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 2:34pm - 7 Comments

Political Yearbook: Ottawa’s hall monitor, gossip girl, head cheerleader and more

Twits of the Year: The buffoons and boneheaded moves of 2009

Lingo: Kate Gosselin’s hair cut got its own phrase, as did Michelle Obama’s pipes

This year’s hero: Reluctant star, David Shultz

The year in quotes: World edition

Wheels of fortune: Winners and losers in a big year for the auto industry

Comeback: Afghan Taliban

Breakup: Frank Stronach and Opel

U-Turn: Stephen Harper

Merger: Figure skating and hockey

Rogues: The Blingsheviks

Winner: Mr. Turnaround, Tim Geithner

U-Turn: Stephen Harper

Dick Richards

Why does Patient Zero's seal read "Angela Merkel", Patient Zero is neither female, a German Chancellor, nor does Patient Zero possess a physics degree

Roseapple

Because he's not your president, Harper. If he were white, I bet you would'nt be asking this silly question. Did you know that he is one of the most(if not) brilliant, and liked president of the Western World?

Dana

it's pretty lame that you use his race as the defining point of joe's comment.
MOST brilliant and liked? how long back are you looking? the last ten years? i love obama (so don't use that as a "rebuttal" — even if i didn't, it makes no difference) but i'm pretty sure he didn't win the popular vote …

D. Bradshaw

The fact of the matter people, Obama is a black man and the only black man to have ever been elected to run that job.He will and be found out to be the same as any other president in the USA as the others have before him.He is no super human or anything more than a person who won a vote,which if you look at the votes that were cast, you would probably figure out that at least 85% of the votes were from Black people that were doing it to prove a point to the rest of the world.That is the plain and simple fact of it all,it was done to prove a point.He is no better man than any other man/woman in the world.And to think, Roseapple – "We in Canada, do not need a single person to get caught doing adultary,tell lies go to usless wars and have their own people loose their lives over someone elses wars or anything that the USA Presidents or " are known and have been caught doing.