http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 24 May 2013 03:39:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/americas-best-presidents-his-optimism-about-its-future-and-his-take-on-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/americas-best-presidents-his-optimism-about-its-future-and-his-take-on-china/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 21:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381639 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/americas-best-presidents-his-optimism-about-its-future-and-his-take-on-china/feed/ 0 In conversation with Brian Bethune on his new book, America’s best presidents—and his take on China http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/the-last-man-in-russia-the-struggle-to-save-a-dying-nation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/the-last-man-in-russia-the-struggle-to-save-a-dying-nation/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381689 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/the-last-man-in-russia-the-struggle-to-save-a-dying-nation/feed/ 0 Author Oliver Bullough explains in his new book, 'The Last Man in Russia' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/the-heaven-boom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/the-heaven-boom/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 12:39:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379282 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/07/the-heaven-boom/feed/ 0 Heaven is hot again, and hell is colder than ever http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/05/the-year-everything-changed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/05/the-year-everything-changed/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379294 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/05/the-year-everything-changed/feed/ 0 The 21st century really began in 1979, when four unlikely radicals stepped onto the world stage http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-what-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-what-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-what-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves/feed/ 0 Author Robert A. Burton explains what neuroscience can and cannot tell us about ourselves http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/28/the-art-of-controversy-political-cartoons-and-their-enduring-power/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/28/the-art-of-controversy-political-cartoons-and-their-enduring-power/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376527 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/28/the-art-of-controversy-political-cartoons-and-their-enduring-power/feed/ 0 Victor S. Navasky's new book on images that sting worse than words http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/a-death-in-the-lucky-holiday-hotel-murder-money-and-an-epic-power-struggle-in-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/a-death-in-the-lucky-holiday-hotel-murder-money-and-an-epic-power-struggle-in-china/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:05:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373089 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/a-death-in-the-lucky-holiday-hotel-murder-money-and-an-epic-power-struggle-in-china/feed/ 0 Power and spin in China as told by authors Pin Ho and Wenguang Huang http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/14/esthers-new-incarnation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/14/esthers-new-incarnation/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370529 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/14/esthers-new-incarnation/feed/ 0 A scroll of an ancient story with a modern punch is reproduced down to the fingerprints http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/a-road-trip-in-gun-country-results-in-a-book/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/a-road-trip-in-gun-country-results-in-a-book/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:33 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369639 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/a-road-trip-in-gun-country-results-in-a-book/feed/ 0 Here's our review of Dan Baum's 'Gun Guys' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/a-novelist-on-the-death-of-her-brother/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/a-novelist-on-the-death-of-her-brother/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:40:38 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369622 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/a-novelist-on-the-death-of-her-brother/feed/ 0 Our book review of Helen Humphreys's 'Nocturne' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/26/man-of-the-people-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/26/man-of-the-people-2/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:20:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362608 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/26/man-of-the-people-2/feed/ 0 Will the Pope with the wry sense of humour and common touch actually reinvigorate the Church and the papacy? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/25/book-review-napalm-an-american-biography/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/25/book-review-napalm-an-american-biography/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:26:16 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=364578 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/25/book-review-napalm-an-american-biography/feed/ 0 Book by Robert M. Neer http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/the-future-of-the-church/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/the-future-of-the-church/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362614 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/the-future-of-the-church/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune on demographics, ongoing scandals and the divide between secular and Catholic morality http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/pope-francis-new-world-pope-signals-third-world-issues-will-dominate-church/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/pope-francis-new-world-pope-signals-third-world-issues-will-dominate-church/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:02:54 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=360240 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/pope-francis-new-world-pope-signals-third-world-issues-will-dominate-church/feed/ 0 Maclean's senior writer Brian Bethune reports from the Vatican http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/the-conclave-so-far-buzz-swirl-and-anticipation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/the-conclave-so-far-buzz-swirl-and-anticipation/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:20:06 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359637 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/the-conclave-so-far-buzz-swirl-and-anticipation/feed/ 0 Maclean's correspondent Brian Bethune's reports from Rome http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/what-they-did-that-summer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/what-they-did-that-summer/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=357609 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/what-they-did-that-summer/feed/ 0 Out of utter devastation, great enduring art http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/the-italian-media-has-anointed-one-of-their-own-cardinal-angelo-scola/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/the-italian-media-has-anointed-one-of-their-own-cardinal-angelo-scola/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:22:29 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359545 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/the-italian-media-has-anointed-one-of-their-own-cardinal-angelo-scola/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune’s latest from Rome http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/everybody-is-talking-about-brazils-cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/everybody-is-talking-about-brazils-cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:36:10 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359501 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/everybody-is-talking-about-brazils-cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune’s latest from Rome http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/on-american-openness-and-papal-predictions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/on-american-openness-and-papal-predictions/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:20:39 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359476 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/on-american-openness-and-papal-predictions/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune's latest from Rome http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/best-known-canadian-around-the-world-right-now-marc-ouellet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/best-known-canadian-around-the-world-right-now-marc-ouellet/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:32:34 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359374 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/best-known-canadian-around-the-world-right-now-marc-ouellet/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune reports from Rome as the conclave begins http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/the-u-s-shall-inherit-the-earth-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/the-u-s-shall-inherit-the-earth-2/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:20:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355238 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/the-u-s-shall-inherit-the-earth-2/feed/ 0 A profile of the author with bonus excerpt from Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/the-war-at-home-4/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/the-war-at-home-4/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355242 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/03/the-war-at-home-4/feed/ 0 The Canadian front has its day, thanks to the author behind Murdoch Mysteries http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/matthew-goodman-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/matthew-goodman-2/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355256 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/matthew-goodman-2/feed/ 0 By Matthew Goodman http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/cardinals-play-hardball-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/cardinals-play-hardball-2/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355222 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/cardinals-play-hardball-2/feed/ 0 The ever-feverish season of Papal electioneering is already under way with new leaks every day http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/book-review-a-grand-complication-the-race-to-build-the-worlds-most-legendary-watch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/book-review-a-grand-complication-the-race-to-build-the-worlds-most-legendary-watch/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:29:19 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=354187 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/26/book-review-a-grand-complication-the-race-to-build-the-worlds-most-legendary-watch/feed/ 0 Maclean's Books: A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/i-had-the-brilliant-idea-to-make-her-gay-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/i-had-the-brilliant-idea-to-make-her-gay-2/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350274 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/i-had-the-brilliant-idea-to-make-her-gay-2/feed/ 0 Ian Hamilton has two fan groups: Chinese-Canadians, and rather a lot of lesbians http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/the-canadian-who-could-be-the-next-pope-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/the-canadian-who-could-be-the-next-pope-2/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350246 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/the-canadian-who-could-be-the-next-pope-2/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune on the papal contenders http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/the-birth-of-the-west-rome-germany-france-and-the-creation-of-europe-in-the-tenth-century-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/the-birth-of-the-west-rome-germany-france-and-the-creation-of-europe-in-the-tenth-century-2/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:40:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350262 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/the-birth-of-the-west-rome-germany-france-and-the-creation-of-europe-in-the-tenth-century-2/feed/ 0 When exactly Western civilization was born http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/master-of-deflection/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/master-of-deflection/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:30:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347356 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/master-of-deflection/feed/ 0 Exclusive excerpt from Charles Taylor prize nominee Tim Cook's new book Warlords http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/soldier-of-christ-the-life-of-pope-pius-xii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/soldier-of-christ-the-life-of-pope-pius-xii/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347406 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/soldier-of-christ-the-life-of-pope-pius-xii/feed/ 0 By Robert A. Ventresca http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/the-former-nra-man-on-his-conversion-to-gun-control-newtown-and-the-unnoticed-carnage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/the-former-nra-man-on-his-conversion-to-gun-control-newtown-and-the-unnoticed-carnage/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344660 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/the-former-nra-man-on-his-conversion-to-gun-control-newtown-and-the-unnoticed-carnage/feed/ 0 In conversation with Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/devil-in-the-studio/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/devil-in-the-studio/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344694 Maclean's presents part two of our series with the five nominees]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/devil-in-the-studio/feed/ 0 Maclean's presents part two of our series with the five nominees http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/cataract/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/cataract/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344714 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/cataract/feed/ 0 By John Berger http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/gun-machine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/gun-machine/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344710 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/gun-machine/feed/ 0 By Warren Ellis http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/presenting-charles-taylor-prize-nominee-carol-bishop-gwyn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/presenting-charles-taylor-prize-nominee-carol-bishop-gwyn/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:30:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341289 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/presenting-charles-taylor-prize-nominee-carol-bishop-gwyn/feed/ 0 Plus an excerpt from her biography on Celia Frank, the founder of The National Ballet of Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/the-measure-of-civilization-how-social-development-decides-the-fate-of-nations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/the-measure-of-civilization-how-social-development-decides-the-fate-of-nations/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341301 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/the-measure-of-civilization-how-social-development-decides-the-fate-of-nations/feed/ 0 By Ian Morris http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/the-kingdom-of-rarities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/the-kingdom-of-rarities/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341305 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/the-kingdom-of-rarities/feed/ 0 By Eric Dinerstein http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/breaking-out-of-the-shack/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/breaking-out-of-the-shack/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337997 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/breaking-out-of-the-shack/feed/ 0 Bestseller William Paul Young returns with Cross Roads http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/trent-what-happened-at-the-council/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/trent-what-happened-at-the-council/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/trent-what-happened-at-the-council/feed/ 0 By John W. O’Malley http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/the-lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/the-lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:55:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338003 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/the-lost-carving-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-making/feed/ 0 By David Esterly http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/on-wheels-five-easy-pieces/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/on-wheels-five-easy-pieces/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:45:00 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338009 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/18/on-wheels-five-easy-pieces/feed/ 0 By Michael Holroyd http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/traditional-societies-good-and-bad-and-what-we-might-learn-about-conflict-resolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/traditional-societies-good-and-bad-and-what-we-might-learn-about-conflict-resolution/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:10:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335041 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/traditional-societies-good-and-bad-and-what-we-might-learn-about-conflict-resolution/feed/ 0 In conversation with Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/review-a-jew-among-romans-the-life-and-legacy-of-flavius-josephus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/review-a-jew-among-romans-the-life-and-legacy-of-flavius-josephus/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:20:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335109 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/review-a-jew-among-romans-the-life-and-legacy-of-flavius-josephus/feed/ 0 By Frederic Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/review-venice-a-new-history/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/review-venice-a-new-history/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:10:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335107 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/review-venice-a-new-history/feed/ 0 By Thomas F. Madden http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/katniss-the-provider/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/katniss-the-provider/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:10:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/katniss-the-provider/feed/ 0 Newmakers 2012: There’s no denying Suzanne Collins's heroine hit the zeitgeist right in the sweet spot