http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/justice-vengeance-and-the-exculpation-of-anders-breivik/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/justice-vengeance-and-the-exculpation-of-anders-breivik/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:49:50 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207131 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/justice-vengeance-and-the-exculpation-of-anders-breivik/feed/ 51 A law professor hasn't just excused Breivik's actions, but actually endorsed them http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/france-and-the-persistence-of-public-order/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/france-and-the-persistence-of-public-order/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:57:37 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=205175 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/15/france-and-the-persistence-of-public-order/feed/ 5 Happy (belated) Bastille Day, everyone. While the philosophy community is celebrating (or not) the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/mexico-beyond-the-beheadings/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/mexico-beyond-the-beheadings/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:51:26 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/mexico-beyond-the-beheadings/feed/ 4 The New York Times fronts today with a long piece about how changing fortunes... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/moving-forward-in-afghanistan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/moving-forward-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:22:20 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/28/moving-forward-in-afghanistan/feed/ 3 Obama's drawdown announcement overshadowed an important report from Kabul http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/forget-freud-forget-marx-rioting-above-all-is-fun/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/forget-freud-forget-marx-rioting-above-all-is-fun/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:45:49 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198261 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/17/forget-freud-forget-marx-rioting-above-all-is-fun/feed/ 99 Everyone is over-thinking the Vancouver riots way too much http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/meli-melo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/meli-melo/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:50:05 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197616 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/meli-melo/feed/ 4 A roundup of stuff I’ve written recently, here and there: For Canadian Business, I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/to-reform-the-senate-why-term-limits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/to-reform-the-senate-why-term-limits/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:36:02 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197315 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/to-reform-the-senate-why-term-limits/feed/ 35 What is Harper trying to achieve? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/oh-kebek-oh-quebec/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/oh-kebek-oh-quebec/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:15:20 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197048 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/14/oh-kebek-oh-quebec/feed/ 31 The Societe St-Jean-Baptiste has commissioned an anthem for Quebec, called — oddly enough —... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/canadas-foreign-policy-in-black-and-white-and-orange/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/canadas-foreign-policy-in-black-and-white-and-orange/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:17:54 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196904 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/canadas-foreign-policy-in-black-and-white-and-orange/feed/ 46 There's a 'Harper Doctrine' now? Really? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/canadas-foreign-policy-in-black-and-white-and-orange-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/canadas-foreign-policy-in-black-and-white-and-orange-2/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:17:54 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196904 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/13/canadas-foreign-policy-in-black-and-white-and-orange-2/feed/ 0 There's a 'Harper Doctrine' now? Really? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/this-pots-for-melting-geert-wilders-muslims-and-assimilation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/this-pots-for-melting-geert-wilders-muslims-and-assimilation/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:55:33 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/this-pots-for-melting-geert-wilders-muslims-and-assimilation/feed/ 231 Some of you might have caught wind of self-described Islam-hater Geert Wilders’ little jaunt... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/listening-to-afghans/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/listening-to-afghans/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:26:47 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196056 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/listening-to-afghans/feed/ 12 Andrew Potter on the one book about Afghanistan Stephen Harper should be reading http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/fawzi-koofi-in-toronto/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/fawzi-koofi-in-toronto/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:38:03 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194999 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/fawzi-koofi-in-toronto/feed/ 7 It’s my pleasure and privilege to be the emcee for the Toronto launch tonight... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/who-is-afraid-of-the-chinese-government/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/who-is-afraid-of-the-chinese-government/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 16:51:56 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193274 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/who-is-afraid-of-the-chinese-government/feed/ 102 My column in this week’s Maclean’s magazine (no link yet) is nominally about the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/got-senate-reform-if-you-want-it-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/got-senate-reform-if-you-want-it-2/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 13:02:03 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192689 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/19/got-senate-reform-if-you-want-it-2/feed/ 98 Three possible explanations for Stephen Harper's feckless approach to the Senate. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/surprise-were-not-flying-kites/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/surprise-were-not-flying-kites/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 13:13:09 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192311 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/surprise-were-not-flying-kites/feed/ 22 Dave Pugliese reports that Canada has ordered 1300 bombs at $100k apiece  for our... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/some-lions-in-winter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/some-lions-in-winter/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 02:33:51 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/16/some-lions-in-winter/feed/ 31 I was digging through an old hard drive this evening and came across some... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/if-its-thursday-this-campaign-must-be-in-jerse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/if-its-thursday-this-campaign-must-be-in-jerse/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 12:20:49 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190866 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/09/if-its-thursday-this-campaign-must-be-in-jerse/feed/ 38 Mike Moffatt hops onto the pile-on regarding the incoherence of the Liberal branding strategy:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/what-the-liberals-have-in-common-with-the-gap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/what-the-liberals-have-in-common-with-the-gap/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 19:06:59 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190714 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/what-the-liberals-have-in-common-with-the-gap/feed/ 34 Once upon a time, they were classic and iconic http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/i-had-this-dream/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/i-had-this-dream/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 13:10:01 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=190549 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/06/i-had-this-dream/feed/ 7 Michael Ignatieff goes back to teaching:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/no-country-for-good-men/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/no-country-for-good-men/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 19:53:32 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/04/no-country-for-good-men/feed/ 381 There is no stronger indictment of Canada’s political class than the treatment of Michael Ignatieff http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/01/the-hunt-for-bin-laden/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/01/the-hunt-for-bin-laden/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 03:31:20 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=189052 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/01/the-hunt-for-bin-laden/feed/ 35 The last lines of Steve Coll’s book The Bin Ladens: The history of similar... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/is-rim-down-or-is-apple-and-others-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/is-rim-down-or-is-apple-and-others-up/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:53:44 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=188620 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/is-rim-down-or-is-apple-and-others-up/feed/ 1 Today, perhaps for the first time, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion appeared to officially lose... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/pour-un-quebec-lucide/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/pour-un-quebec-lucide/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:40:08 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=188660 INSTAUPDATE...: WHOOPS, just noticed Phil already blogged this. What he said. From an]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/pour-un-quebec-lucide/feed/ 10 INSTAUPDATE...: WHOOPS, just noticed Phil already blogged this. What he said. From an http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/from-our-vote-rich-universities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/from-our-vote-rich-universities/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:56:00 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=188572 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/29/from-our-vote-rich-universities/feed/ 8 I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but the Higher Education Strategy... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/you-mean-the-americans-pay-attention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/you-mean-the-americans-pay-attention/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:52:36 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=188078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/28/you-mean-the-americans-pay-attention/feed/ 38 Glen McGregor has taken a break from embarrassing the heck out of Sun Media... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/27/still-searching-for-a-new-liberalism/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/27/still-searching-for-a-new-liberalism/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:39:14 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187618 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/27/still-searching-for-a-new-liberalism/feed/ 82 Why marketing is the centerpiece of modern political campaigning http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/26/where-parliament-isnt-a-joke/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/26/where-parliament-isnt-a-joke/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:32:27 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187328 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/26/where-parliament-isnt-a-joke/feed/ 36 The UK Parliament spent half an hour today debating the prison break from Sarposa... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/26/elections-with-benefits-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/26/elections-with-benefits-2/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:28:58 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187132 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/26/elections-with-benefits-2/feed/ 73 Very good column today from William Watson debunking the whole “Seinfeld election” stupidity. This... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/no-excuse-for-apathy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/no-excuse-for-apathy/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:14:20 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=187046 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/no-excuse-for-apathy/feed/ 30 From Susan Delacourt’s piece on voter alienation in today’s Star, Angus Reid’s Jaideep Mukerji... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/what-is-pashto-for-gong-show/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/what-is-pashto-for-gong-show/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:08:18 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186822 UPDATE...: Lord, it gets worse by the minute. From the Guardian’s narrative of]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/25/what-is-pashto-for-gong-show/feed/ 16 UPDATE...: Lord, it gets worse by the minute. From the Guardian’s narrative of http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/searching-for-a-higher-education-strategy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/searching-for-a-higher-education-strategy/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:24:41 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=186345 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/21/searching-for-a-higher-education-strategy/feed/ 10 Today, the good folks over at Higher Education Strategy Associates released their long-awaited analysis... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/where-have-all-the-embeds-gone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/where-have-all-the-embeds-gone/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:05:16 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=183701 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/where-have-all-the-embeds-gone/feed/ 16 Matthew Fisher asks a very good question: At any one time in 2006, when... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/anyone-read-any-good-books-recently/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/anyone-read-any-good-books-recently/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:22:16 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=183698 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/13/anyone-read-any-good-books-recently/feed/ 27 I just finished Red Plenty, which I loved. Review to come at some point.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/11/what-really-sparked-the-massacre-in-mazar/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/11/what-really-sparked-the-massacre-in-mazar/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:26:45 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=183361 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/11/what-really-sparked-the-massacre-in-mazar/feed/ 3 When I first heard about the massacre at the UN compound in Mazar-e-Sharif last... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/06/sun-family-values/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/06/sun-family-values/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:10:57 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181974 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/06/sun-family-values/feed/ 290 I was determined to let this slide but the facts that have emerged are... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/on-macho-posturing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/on-macho-posturing/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:44:31 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/on-macho-posturing/feed/ 7 From Nate Fick’s book One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer: Two... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/against-leaders-debates/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/against-leaders-debates/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:22:28 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180192 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/against-leaders-debates/feed/ 108 POTTER: Elizabeth May could make her exclusion a point of pride http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/hey-look-someone-in-canada-still-paying-attention-to-the-middle-east/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/hey-look-someone-in-canada-still-paying-attention-to-the-middle-east/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:34:32 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179971 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/hey-look-someone-in-canada-still-paying-attention-to-the-middle-east/feed/ 7 Put that coalition down and chew on Terry Glavin for a bit: We have... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/02/the-oda-ado-do-the-liberals-understand-their-job/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/02/the-oda-ado-do-the-liberals-understand-their-job/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:43:52 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=175389 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/02/the-oda-ado-do-the-liberals-understand-their-job/feed/ 128 The great virtue of Canada’s political system is that it is dead simple http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/17/liberalism-made-simply/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/17/liberalism-made-simply/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:06:43 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=173258 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/17/liberalism-made-simply/feed/ 138 Andrew Potter on how the Liberals should respond to the Bev Oda affair http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/17/europa-europa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/17/europa-europa/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:57:29 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=167247 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/17/europa-europa/feed/ 23 The best sentences I read today: Yet as the earlier Ireland-Nevada comparison shows, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/on-that-money-for-nothing-ban/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/on-that-money-for-nothing-ban/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:47:49 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/on-that-money-for-nothing-ban/feed/ 62 It’s probably worth getting a discussion started here about the original version of “Money... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/09/crowdfunding-evolution-an-update/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/09/crowdfunding-evolution-an-update/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:48:30 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166255 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/09/crowdfunding-evolution-an-update/feed/ 1 You’ll perhaps recall that Baba Brinkman is trying to raise money through Crowdfunder to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/the-paradox-of-drink/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/the-paradox-of-drink/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:49:28 +0000 Andrew Potter http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165580 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/the-paradox-of-drink/feed/ 95 From Reason: To the extent that the state systems resist privatization by becoming more...