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Sat, 18 May 2013 23:28:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/spring-awakening/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/spring-awakening/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381655 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/spring-awakening/feed/ 0 What's at stake in today's parliamentary elections http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/the-old-country/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/the-old-country/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:30:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376497 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/the-old-country/feed/ 0 Several European countries--most notably Germany--are welcoming descendants of Third Reich victims http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/stalins-curse-battling-for-communism-in-war-and-cold-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/stalins-curse-battling-for-communism-in-war-and-cold-war/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 13:30:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376533 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/stalins-curse-battling-for-communism-in-war-and-cold-war/feed/ 0 Here's our review of Robert Gellately's 'Stalin's Curse' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/boarding-school-syndrome/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/boarding-school-syndrome/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373059 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/boarding-school-syndrome/feed/ 0 Critics contend that U.K.’s ‘bastion of cruelty’ is causing profound developmental damage http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/author-margorie-senechal-resurrects-a-brilliant-female-scientist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/author-margorie-senechal-resurrects-a-brilliant-female-scientist/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:30:22 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369629 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/author-margorie-senechal-resurrects-a-brilliant-female-scientist/feed/ 0 Our book review of 'I Died for Beauty' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/22/z-a-novel-of-zelda-fitzgerald/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/22/z-a-novel-of-zelda-fitzgerald/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362630 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/22/z-a-novel-of-zelda-fitzgerald/feed/ 0 Book by Therese Anne Fowler http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/anti-multicultural-academic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/anti-multicultural-academic/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:50:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359967 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/19/anti-multicultural-academic/feed/ 0 National Culturists put a younger face on conservatism http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/no-marble-for-the-iron-lady/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/no-marble-for-the-iron-lady/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=357587 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/no-marble-for-the-iron-lady/feed/ 0 Margaret Thatcher's hometown opts against erecting a statue in her honour http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/27/lauren-marbe-this-blond-joke-is-on-the-british/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/27/lauren-marbe-this-blond-joke-is-on-the-british/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:59:09 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=354523 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/27/lauren-marbe-this-blond-joke-is-on-the-british/feed/ 0 Britain is talking about a girl. She is 16-year-old Lauren Marbe, who scored 161... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/why-shorter-men-have-younger-wives-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/why-shorter-men-have-younger-wives-2/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350272 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/why-shorter-men-have-younger-wives-2/feed/ 0 And An Economist’s Other Surprising Theories About Quirks Of The Heart http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/the-pope-in-retirement/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/the-pope-in-retirement/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:39:21 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350560 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/the-pope-in-retirement/feed/ 0 R&R? Canonization? A look at what's ahead for soon-to-retire Pope Benedict XVI http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/13/papal-chatter-in-vatican-city/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/13/papal-chatter-in-vatican-city/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:43:27 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=349744 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/13/papal-chatter-in-vatican-city/feed/ 0 Been there, done that: Katie Engelhart reports on the scene outside St. Peter's Basilica http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/11/germans-grapple-with-popes-confused-legacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/11/germans-grapple-with-popes-confused-legacy/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:45:31 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=349373 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/11/germans-grapple-with-popes-confused-legacy/feed/ 0 Pope Benedict’s reception in his fatherland has long been a thing of awkwardness, Katie Engelhart reports http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/a-friendly-wink/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/a-friendly-wink/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=344680 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/04/a-friendly-wink/feed/ 0 A softer brand of fascism makes a comeback in Italy http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/true-loves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/true-loves/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:45:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341284 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/30/true-loves/feed/ 0 The soulmate search will soon be mobile, transparent and constant http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/four-operas-and-a-romantic-scandal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/four-operas-and-a-romantic-scandal/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341295 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/29/four-operas-and-a-romantic-scandal/feed/ 0 How did a self-described 'classical Marxist' with an unfashionable affection for surrealist psychoanalysis become a household name? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/starbucks-go-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/starbucks-go-home/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=341258 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/25/starbucks-go-home/feed/ 0 The coffee juggernaut plans to open a café in Montmartre, to the dismay of locals http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/hands-off-our-islands/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/hands-off-our-islands/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:00:00 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337983 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/hands-off-our-islands/feed/ 0 UK says "hands off our islands" http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/an-army-for-europe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/an-army-for-europe/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:57:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335059 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/15/an-army-for-europe/feed/ 0 Decision comes amid threat of financial collapse in EU http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/winston-churchills-finest-hours/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/winston-churchills-finest-hours/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:10:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=327403 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/19/winston-churchills-finest-hours/feed/ 0 The much-quoted British politician still makes headlines—47 years after his death http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/time-for-tu-to-go/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/time-for-tu-to-go/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:30:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320615 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/time-for-tu-to-go/feed/ 0 Some French speakers are bewildered by the loosening of long-held rules of grammatical etiquette http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/02/page-three-or-bust/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/02/page-three-or-bust/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:00:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=320621 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/02/page-three-or-bust/feed/ 0 Topless models the focus of a national debate about decency in the press http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/19/empire-on-trial/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/19/empire-on-trial/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:30:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=304294 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/19/empire-on-trial/feed/ 0 Kenyans look for financial compensation and a state apology for torture committed 60 years ago http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/troubled-times/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/troubled-times/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:00:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297060 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/troubled-times/feed/ 0 The Belfast agreement was signed 14 years ago, but century-old resentments remain http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/divided-they-stall/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/divided-they-stall/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:50:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/divided-they-stall/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/divided-they-stall/feed/ 0 Sixteen years after the Dayton accords, Bosnia remains a failed state—with no will to set things right http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/11/on-the-ground-in-central-london/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/11/on-the-ground-in-central-london/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:52 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208718 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/11/on-the-ground-in-central-london/feed/ 15 The view from a flat above a dollar store on Camden Road http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/the-hollowed-halls/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/the-hollowed-halls/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:00:49 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=167727 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/25/the-hollowed-halls/feed/ 4 How government cuts threaten Oxford and Cambridge's unique teaching style http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/25/maman-mia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/25/maman-mia/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:40:23 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=158962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/25/maman-mia/feed/ 0 Paris’s appetite for the pop classic may signal a larger shift http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/the-superjuez-under-fire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/the-superjuez-under-fire/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:40:56 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138873 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/the-superjuez-under-fire/feed/ 0 Crusading judge Baltasar Garzón faces charges for opening the wounds of the Fascist past http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/15/what-the-bleep/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/15/what-the-bleep/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:00:01 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=131924 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/15/what-the-bleep/feed/ 11 Pagers are slow, unreliable, and a reason for hospital deaths http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/07/to-a-suburb-near-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/07/to-a-suburb-near-you/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:23:47 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130352 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/07/to-a-suburb-near-you/feed/ 102 They're already 'the greatest organized crime threat to the U.S.' http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/selling-soccer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/selling-soccer/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:56:35 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130574 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/selling-soccer/feed/ 4 The top 5 commercials in FIFA history http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/the-braille-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/the-braille-crisis/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 20:00:08 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=122898 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/the-braille-crisis/feed/ 4 In an audio-book era, do blind children still need to learn to read? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/a-12-year-old%e2%80%99s-divorce/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/a-12-year-old%e2%80%99s-divorce/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 17:40:18 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=122866 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/a-12-year-old%e2%80%99s-divorce/feed/ 6 The case might result in a minimum age for Saudi marriages http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/from-the-bottom-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/from-the-bottom-up/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:20:52 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=121571 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/from-the-bottom-up/feed/ 0 How employees are turning their bosses on to sustainability http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/22/these-ain%e2%80%99t-yer-grandad%e2%80%99s-bagpipes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/22/these-ain%e2%80%99t-yer-grandad%e2%80%99s-bagpipes/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:20:19 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=120568 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/22/these-ain%e2%80%99t-yer-grandad%e2%80%99s-bagpipes/feed/ 1 Scotland’s traditional instrument has a new breed of fans—and a very different songbook http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/21/the-return-of-hitler/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/21/the-return-of-hitler/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:10:56 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=120414 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/21/the-return-of-hitler/feed/ 165 The troubling resurgence of his ideas and manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/20/ottawa-has-little-help-in-store-for-stranded-canadian-travellers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/20/ottawa-has-little-help-in-store-for-stranded-canadian-travellers/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:49:07 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=121447 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/20/ottawa-has-little-help-in-store-for-stranded-canadian-travellers/feed/ 23 “It seems a lot of people are managing this on their own” http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/12/wash-like-a-man/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/12/wash-like-a-man/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:38:06 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=119640 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/12/wash-like-a-man/feed/ 0 The soap industry is in a lather over its new male customers http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/08/don%e2%80%99t-fall-down-the-rabbit-hole/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/08/don%e2%80%99t-fall-down-the-rabbit-hole/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:10:46 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=118533 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/08/don%e2%80%99t-fall-down-the-rabbit-hole/feed/ 8 One suggestion to deal with UVic’s rabbit problem: ‘more bullets’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/01/a-ban-on-the-bluefin-tuna-fishery/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/01/a-ban-on-the-bluefin-tuna-fishery/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:00:17 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/01/a-ban-on-the-bluefin-tuna-fishery/feed/ 1 Activists say the lucrative bluefin is on the fast track to extinction http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/31/fashion-gets-real/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/31/fashion-gets-real/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:00:23 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116182 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/31/fashion-gets-real/feed/ 1 The latest trend in runway design: turning a profit http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/30/stop-eating-meat-the-recipes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/30/stop-eating-meat-the-recipes/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:41 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=117311 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/30/stop-eating-meat-the-recipes/feed/ 4 Going flexitarian? Just veggie-curious? Here are some meatless dishes worth trying. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/killer-apps-that-save-lives/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/killer-apps-that-save-lives/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:34 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=114965 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/killer-apps-that-save-lives/feed/ 6 The new must-have device for today’s doctors: the iPhone http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/natural-selection-is-still-at-work/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/natural-selection-is-still-at-work/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:00:05 +0000 Katie Engelhart http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=115272 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/natural-selection-is-still-at-work/feed/ 72 Natural selection is still at work