http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/biting-into-apple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/biting-into-apple/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/biting-into-apple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/biting-into-apple/feed/ 0 Consumers are waking up to the ugly truth about how iPads and iPods http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/04/50-yards-from-parliament-hill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/04/50-yards-from-parliament-hill/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:53:40 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237954 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/04/50-yards-from-parliament-hill/feed/ 0 I almost never disagree with Chris Selley. Indeed, I am almost willing to make... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/sino-forest-a-prolonged-moan-from-the-investigators/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/sino-forest-a-prolonged-moan-from-the-investigators/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:48:10 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237223 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/sino-forest-a-prolonged-moan-from-the-investigators/feed/ 0 Sino-Forest's troubles give a valuable glimpse of the inner workings of Chinese “capitalism” http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/gop-not-even-the-end-of-the-beginning/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/gop-not-even-the-end-of-the-beginning/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:37:52 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236036 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/27/gop-not-even-the-end-of-the-beginning/feed/ 0 It is easy to forget how much happened in the Democratic race of 2008 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/22/crowns-and-chaos-in-the-middle-east/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/22/crowns-and-chaos-in-the-middle-east/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:45:03 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235095 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/22/crowns-and-chaos-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 Abstract: This paper helps explain the variation in political turmoil observed in the MENA... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/22/things-the-kings-speech-was-silent-about/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/22/things-the-kings-speech-was-silent-about/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:34:27 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235080 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/22/things-the-kings-speech-was-silent-about/feed/ 0 I got the book The King’s Speech for Christmas and just finished it; in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/will-it-happen-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/will-it-happen-here/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:30:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/will-it-happen-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/will-it-happen-here/feed/ 0 With contracts for half a million public sector workers to be negotiated this year, things could get very ugly http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-ecstasy-and-the-agony/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-ecstasy-and-the-agony/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:01:14 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233584 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/the-ecstasy-and-the-agony/feed/ 0 If the government makes it impossible make pure MDMA, is it really surprising when dirty MDMA hits the market? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-little-rae-of-sunshine/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-little-rae-of-sunshine/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:43:14 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233203 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/a-little-rae-of-sunshine/feed/ 0 “Better a Rae Day than a Harper lifetime.” Not a bad line, is it?... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/sctv-in-edmonton-notes-toward-an-faq/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/sctv-in-edmonton-notes-toward-an-faq/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:00:13 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232774 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/sctv-in-edmonton-notes-toward-an-faq/feed/ 0 There’s a movement—it’s a clever piece of magazine marketing, actually, but we’ll call it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/nugent-hopkins-takes-hyphen-to-hockey-heights/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/nugent-hopkins-takes-hyphen-to-hockey-heights/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:40:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/double-barrelled-sniper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/nugent-hopkins-takes-hyphen-to-hockey-heights/feed/ 0 Oilers star Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is blazing a trail for the once-dropped hyphenated hockey name http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/07/a-double-e-g-g/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/07/a-double-e-g-g/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:57:54 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232468 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/07/a-double-e-g-g/feed/ 0 In the journalism game, we call it “burying the lede”. Friday’s Postmedia papers have... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/23/banknotables-a-holiday-conversation-starter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/23/banknotables-a-holiday-conversation-starter/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:14:35 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231023 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/23/banknotables-a-holiday-conversation-starter/feed/ 0 If the Famous Five don't belong on the $50 bill, who does? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/securities-reference-the-power-of-one/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/securities-reference-the-power-of-one/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:28:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231019 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/securities-reference-the-power-of-one/feed/ 0 There's no good reason to believe a single regulator is better than two, or three, or ten http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/the-doge-of-des-moines/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/the-doge-of-des-moines/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:32:51 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230702 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/the-doge-of-des-moines/feed/ 0 What has me concerned is that on Main Street Iowa people are coming up... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/he-wins-in-mysterious-ways/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/he-wins-in-mysterious-ways/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:10:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/he-wins-in-mysterious-ways/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/he-wins-in-mysterious-ways/feed/ 0 Why a Bible-thumping quarterback is this fall’s most interesting sports star http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/on-drafting-a-constitution-dealing-with-afghan-warlords-and-why-alberta-needs-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/on-drafting-a-constitution-dealing-with-afghan-warlords-and-why-alberta-needs-china/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:50:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/on-drafting-a-constitution-dealing-with-afghan-warlords-and-why-alberta-needs-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/13/on-drafting-a-constitution-dealing-with-afghan-warlords-and-why-alberta-needs-china/feed/ 0 On drafting a constitution, dealing with Afghan warlords, and why Alberta needs China http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/11/world-needs-more-canada-latest-nordic-dept/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/11/world-needs-more-canada-latest-nordic-dept/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:46:06 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229327 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/11/world-needs-more-canada-latest-nordic-dept/feed/ 0 Is Iceland longing for the loonie? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/fundamental-constitutional-imperatives-the-man-says/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/fundamental-constitutional-imperatives-the-man-says/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:53:39 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229173 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/fundamental-constitutional-imperatives-the-man-says/feed/ 0 On the Wheat Board, who should prevail in the contest between the Parliament of 1998 and the Parliament of 2011? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/the-tenacious-gabrielle-giffords/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/the-tenacious-gabrielle-giffords/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:20:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/the-tenacious-gabrielle-giffords/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/the-tenacious-gabrielle-giffords/feed/ 0 Book by Julia Scheeres http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/the-newly-departed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/the-newly-departed/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:00:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/the-newly-departed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/the-newly-departed/feed/ 0 From Oprah to Glenn Beck: the ones who bowed out, and those who were booted out http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/meet-the-shame-gang/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/meet-the-shame-gang/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:00:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/meet-the-shame-gang/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/meet-the-shame-gang/feed/ 0 From Norway gunman Anders Behring Breivik to cancer fraudster Ashley Kirilow: portraits of evil http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/trouble-at-the-smoke-shack-tax-free-native-cigarettes-a-big-business-in-ontario-and-quebec-are-now-a-problem-for-western-provinces-too/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/trouble-at-the-smoke-shack-tax-free-native-cigarettes-a-big-business-in-ontario-and-quebec-are-now-a-problem-for-western-provinces-too/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/trouble-at-the-smoke-shack-tax-free-native-cigarettes-a-big-business-in-ontario-and-quebec-are-now-a-problem-for-western-provinces-too/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/trouble-at-the-smoke-shack-tax-free-native-cigarettes-a-big-business-in-ontario-and-quebec-are-now-a-problem-for-western-provinces-too/feed/ 0 Tax-free have long been a big business in Ontario and Quebec http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/r-v-the-doobie-brethren/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/r-v-the-doobie-brethren/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:26:34 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226932 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/r-v-the-doobie-brethren/feed/ 0 How drug laws have forced the courts to distinguish between 'real' religions and 'fake' ones http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/19/occupy-protests-the-falun-gong-precedent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/19/occupy-protests-the-falun-gong-precedent/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:14:04 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226145 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/19/occupy-protests-the-falun-gong-precedent/feed/ 0 Can tents be considered speech? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/16/review-confidence-men-wall-street-washington-and-the-education-of-a-president/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/16/review-confidence-men-wall-street-washington-and-the-education-of-a-president/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:15:14 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=224688 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/16/review-confidence-men-wall-street-washington-and-the-education-of-a-president/feed/ 0 Book by Ron Suskind http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/against-the-grain/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/against-the-grain/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:02 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=224573 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/against-the-grain/feed/ 0 The suit argues the agriculture minister doesn't have the authority to shut it down http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/we-should-have-had-you-do-o-j/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/we-should-have-had-you-do-o-j/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:10:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/we-should-have-had-you-do-o-j/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/11/we-should-have-had-you-do-o-j/feed/ 0 The prosecution gets the kudos as Dr. Conrad Murray is convicted in the death of pop deity Michael Jackson http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/06/want-political-change-talk-to-a-farmer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/06/want-political-change-talk-to-a-farmer/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:43:14 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223994 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/06/want-political-change-talk-to-a-farmer/feed/ 0 It's worth remembering that the moral case against the CWB was driven home by civil disobedience http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/ndp-adventures-in-westpolitik/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/ndp-adventures-in-westpolitik/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:28:44 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223404 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/ndp-adventures-in-westpolitik/feed/ 0 Why does Paul Dewar want Alberta and Saskatchewan to stop doing what's making them rich? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/friday-night-lights-on-the-prairie/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/friday-night-lights-on-the-prairie/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:40:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/friday-night-lights-on-the-prairie/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/friday-night-lights-on-the-prairie/feed/ 0 A small Alberta high school keeps punching above its weight http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/a-short-public-service-message/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/a-short-public-service-message/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:14:41 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222154 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/a-short-public-service-message/feed/ 0 It’s the damnedest thing: when I visit the website of discount store Winners, I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/occupy-column-inches/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/occupy-column-inches/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:15:53 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221490 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/25/occupy-column-inches/feed/ 35 By chance, I was on scene for the initial stage of the Occupy Calgary... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/18/more-bang-for-the-buck/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/18/more-bang-for-the-buck/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:40:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/more-bang-for-the-buck/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/18/more-bang-for-the-buck/feed/ 1 A small B.C. company hopes to develop a cheaper way of creating nuclear fusion—with oil sands backing http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/dont-miss-this-golf-tourney-if-you-like-paved-roads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/dont-miss-this-golf-tourney-if-you-like-paved-roads/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:33:24 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219828 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/dont-miss-this-golf-tourney-if-you-like-paved-roads/feed/ 2 The CBC has done some good work on northern Alberta politics today, unearthing, among... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/alberta-stepping-backward-into-the-present/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/alberta-stepping-backward-into-the-present/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:20:30 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219816 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/alberta-stepping-backward-into-the-present/feed/ 38 1. Alberta elects its first female premier. 2. The news is greeted with a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/careful-what-you-wish-for-prof-mendes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/careful-what-you-wish-for-prof-mendes/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:42:32 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219764 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/careful-what-you-wish-for-prof-mendes/feed/ 25 Colby Cosh on how we might as well go ahead and hold the funeral if democracy is so easily buyable http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/the-old-boys%e2%80%99-club%e2%80%99s-new-premier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/the-old-boys%e2%80%99-club%e2%80%99s-new-premier/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:10:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/the-old-boys%e2%80%99-club%e2%80%99s-new-premier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/the-old-boys%e2%80%99-club%e2%80%99s-new-premier/feed/ 4 Alison Redford sings from the Tory hymnal, but her Calgary business connections confirm her liberalism http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/ontarians-voting-with-their-butts-for-nobody/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/ontarians-voting-with-their-butts-for-nobody/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:08:51 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219241 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/ontarians-voting-with-their-butts-for-nobody/feed/ 95 Get ready for the Voter Turnout Nerds: you'll be hearing from them today http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/they-said-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/they-said-it/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:10:41 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218899 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/they-said-it/feed/ 55 “Every time I stand up in the House of Commons and speak I look... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/manitobas-election-meet-the-new-boss/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/manitobas-election-meet-the-new-boss/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:52:23 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218682 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/manitobas-election-meet-the-new-boss/feed/ 16 The Conservatives couldn’t make much headway against NDP leader Greg Selinger http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/02/albertas-october-surprise/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/02/albertas-october-surprise/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:31:57 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218274 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/02/albertas-october-surprise/feed/ 76 The appearance of a coronation undid the front-runner in the race to lead Alberta’s Perpetual Governing Party http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/hockey-fights-the-5-5555555-solution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/hockey-fights-the-5-5555555-solution/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:00:48 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218262 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/hockey-fights-the-5-5555555-solution/feed/ 11 I’m someone who has been fairly tolerant of the status quo when it comes... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/17/a-note-from-the-enforcer-factory/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/17/a-note-from-the-enforcer-factory/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:55:44 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215997 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/17/a-note-from-the-enforcer-factory/feed/ 10 Boogaard, Rypien, and Belak, too, were each well liked and respected. They will be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/16/nhl-prepared-for-catastrophe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/16/nhl-prepared-for-catastrophe/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:40:35 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215097 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/16/nhl-prepared-for-catastrophe/feed/ 0 The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl tragedy was devastating, but not unpredictable