http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/get-ready-for-armageddon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/get-ready-for-armageddon/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:45:04 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208738 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/18/get-ready-for-armageddon/feed/ 98 The world’s last superpower is on a joyride to oblivion. An exclusive excerpt from Mark Steyn’s new book, "After America." http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/oo-late-for-him/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/oo-late-for-him/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:55:12 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=136432 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/oo-late-for-him/feed/ 98 MARK STEYN: At least Conrad Black has succeeded in rolling back the ‘criminalization of business’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/where-nice-obama-has-got-us/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/where-nice-obama-has-got-us/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:00:52 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=134638 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/01/where-nice-obama-has-got-us/feed/ 368 MARK STEYN: Why would Ahmadinejad take him seriously when even Karzai flips him the finger? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/24/speaking-of-hyperventilating/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/24/speaking-of-hyperventilating/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:46:46 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=133362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/24/speaking-of-hyperventilating/feed/ 219 MARK STEYN: In his scathing attacks on Fox News, Don Newman sounds a bit bombastic himself http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-lesson-of-a-jewish-cemetery/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-lesson-of-a-jewish-cemetery/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:15 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=131973 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/the-lesson-of-a-jewish-cemetery/feed/ 402 MARK STEYN: The ‘sanctity’ of this burial ground in Tangiers speaks volumes http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/10/the-lefts-strange-hostility/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/10/the-lefts-strange-hostility/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:00:42 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=130237 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/10/the-lefts-strange-hostility/feed/ 375 MARK STEYN: Nicholas Kristof is just the latest great thinker to talk himself into a rosy view of Islam http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/beating-swords-into-welfare-cheques/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/beating-swords-into-welfare-cheques/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:55:02 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=128757 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/beating-swords-into-welfare-cheques/feed/ 309 MARK STEYN: Hedonistic benefits, low birth rates—Europe needs protection from itself http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/27/were-too-broke-to-be-this-stupid/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/27/were-too-broke-to-be-this-stupid/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 10:58:24 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=127371 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/27/were-too-broke-to-be-this-stupid/feed/ 599 STEYN: Beleaguered taxpayers may finally put a stop to the sheer waste of government spending http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/20/not-just-their-big-fat-greek-funeral/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/20/not-just-their-big-fat-greek-funeral/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 12:00:09 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=125740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/20/not-just-their-big-fat-greek-funeral/feed/ 200 MARK STEYN: As lazy, feckless, corrupt and violent as Greece undoubtedly is, it’s not that untypical http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/a-slow-burn-bonfire-of-liberties-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/a-slow-burn-bonfire-of-liberties-2/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:01 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=125069 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/a-slow-burn-bonfire-of-liberties-2/feed/ 285 MARK STEYN: Here’s what you get when the state hauls nobodies off to jail for quoting the Bible http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/id-like-to-reply-to-that-editors-note/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/id-like-to-reply-to-that-editors-note/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 13:00:43 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=122841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/06/id-like-to-reply-to-that-editors-note/feed/ 116 I was surprised to see in last week’s issue of Maclean’s all that disassociation going on http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/sign-up-to-fight-unilinguaphobia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/sign-up-to-fight-unilinguaphobia/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:40:59 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=121593 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/29/sign-up-to-fight-unilinguaphobia/feed/ 414 MARK STEYN: Why should Canada’s single-language masses accept rule by their bilingual betters? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/22/don%e2%80%99t-joke-in-little-stasi-on-avon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/22/don%e2%80%99t-joke-in-little-stasi-on-avon/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:45:05 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=120824 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/22/don%e2%80%99t-joke-in-little-stasi-on-avon/feed/ 212 MARK STEYN: Britons have shown a surprising enthusiasm for informing on their fellow citizens http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/15/so-now-it%e2%80%99s-no-business-of-the-state/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/15/so-now-it%e2%80%99s-no-business-of-the-state/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:00:59 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=119647 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/15/so-now-it%e2%80%99s-no-business-of-the-state/feed/ 217 Funny that the ‘Toronto Star’ writer had the opposite view when it came to my columns http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/08/true-north-strong-not-free/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/08/true-north-strong-not-free/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:00:36 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=118440 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/08/true-north-strong-not-free/feed/ 606 MARK STEYN: Strange that the more Canada congratulates itself on its ‘tolerance’ the less it’s prepared to tolerate http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/i%e2%80%99m-with-the-%e2%80%98intolerant%e2%80%99-quebecers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/i%e2%80%99m-with-the-%e2%80%98intolerant%e2%80%99-quebecers/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:01:59 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=116828 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/25/i%e2%80%99m-with-the-%e2%80%98intolerant%e2%80%99-quebecers/feed/ 355 MARK STEYN: The niqab deserves no more respect than a Vader mask http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/your-%e2%80%98downturn%e2%80%99-their-%e2%80%98upturn%e2%80%99/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/your-%e2%80%98downturn%e2%80%99-their-%e2%80%98upturn%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:40:53 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=115259 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/18/your-%e2%80%98downturn%e2%80%99-their-%e2%80%98upturn%e2%80%99/feed/ 76 Still foolish enough to be in the private sector paying for the benefits of the public sector? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/gordon-brown%e2%80%99s-cry-of-impotence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/gordon-brown%e2%80%99s-cry-of-impotence/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:10 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=112123 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/04/gordon-brown%e2%80%99s-cry-of-impotence/feed/ 43 MARK STEYN: If he rages naked at his aides it’s because he can do nothing about anything that matters http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/25/a-missed-opportunity-for-diversity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/25/a-missed-opportunity-for-diversity/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:19 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=109586 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/25/a-missed-opportunity-for-diversity/feed/ 228 Mark Steyn on the opening ceremonies: Where was the genuinely bizarro cavalcade? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/18/the-absurd-trial-of-geert-wilders/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/18/the-absurd-trial-of-geert-wilders/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:03 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=107195 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/18/the-absurd-trial-of-geert-wilders/feed/ 185 The Dutch state is prosecuting the platform of the country’s most popular opposition party http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/11/the-people-vs-ex-generalissimo-blair/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/11/the-people-vs-ex-generalissimo-blair/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:00:10 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=105536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/11/the-people-vs-ex-generalissimo-blair/feed/ 59 The grilling the former British PM is getting over invading Iraq suits the enemy just fine http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/03/credibility-is-what-is-really-melting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/03/credibility-is-what-is-really-melting/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:50:14 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=104389 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/03/credibility-is-what-is-really-melting/feed/ 390 Take the disappearing Himalayan glaciers. Turns out that ‘research’ was idle speculation. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/is-not-32-a-little-old-for-an-allowance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/is-not-32-a-little-old-for-an-allowance/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:43:27 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102934 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/is-not-32-a-little-old-for-an-allowance/feed/ 191 It’s not so much that ‘The Grown-Up’ has died but that he’s born later and later—if at all http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/21/99-year-old-granny-is-not-the-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/21/99-year-old-granny-is-not-the-problem/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:13:09 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=101982 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/21/99-year-old-granny-is-not-the-problem/feed/ 206 Airport ‘security’ has to pretend all seven billion of us on this planet are an equal threat http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/14/dominick-dunne%e2%80%99s-last-big-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/14/dominick-dunne%e2%80%99s-last-big-party/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:00:37 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=99701 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/14/dominick-dunne%e2%80%99s-last-big-party/feed/ 13 Everyone, even Conrad Black, shows up in the high society crime chronicler’s final novel http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/24/why-climate-change-is-hot-hot-hot/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/24/why-climate-change-is-hot-hot-hot/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:10:08 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=98457 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/24/why-climate-change-is-hot-hot-hot/feed/ 259 Blame a combination of corrupted science, ersatz religion and Third World opportunism http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/17/the-emperor%e2%80%99s-new-carbon-credits/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/17/the-emperor%e2%80%99s-new-carbon-credits/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=97841 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/17/the-emperor%e2%80%99s-new-carbon-credits/feed/ 218 Hans Christian Andersen would surely have been inspired by the ‘science’ of Copenhagen http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/10/what-signal-does-barbie%e2%80%99s-burka-send/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/10/what-signal-does-barbie%e2%80%99s-burka-send/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:36 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=95718 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/10/what-signal-does-barbie%e2%80%99s-burka-send/feed/ 160 Women forbidden by law from feeling sunlight—hey, that’s a positive message for young girls http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/the-science-of-global-warming/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/the-science-of-global-warming/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:00:08 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94610 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/03/the-science-of-global-warming/feed/ 341 These leaked documents reveal the greatest scientific scandal of our times—and a tragedy http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/major-nidal-hasan-had-an-enabler/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/major-nidal-hasan-had-an-enabler/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:10:20 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93397 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/major-nidal-hasan-had-an-enabler/feed/ 255 All those red flags but no one did anything. Political correctness took the lives of 14 people. http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/19/johnny-mercer-moon-river-and-me/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/19/johnny-mercer-moon-river-and-me/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:37 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=91676 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/19/johnny-mercer-moon-river-and-me/feed/ 60 The famous songwriter was born 100 years ago this month. He once saved Steyn’s night. http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/spare-me-the-therapeutic-platitudes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/spare-me-the-therapeutic-platitudes/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:45 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=90532 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/spare-me-the-therapeutic-platitudes/feed/ 100 I’m supposed to be happy my room complaint is a growth experience for hotel staff? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/no-one-saw-barack-in-the-balloon/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/no-one-saw-barack-in-the-balloon/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:19 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=89437 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/05/no-one-saw-barack-in-the-balloon/feed/ 72 Wafting ever upwards on gaseous clouds of hope, only to have his numbers crash . . . http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/gullible-eager-beaver-planet-savers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/gullible-eager-beaver-planet-savers/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:00:16 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88256 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/gullible-eager-beaver-planet-savers/feed/ 208 ‘The environment’ is the most ingenious cover story ever devised for Big Government http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/san-francisco-has-to-pay-for-its-sins/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/san-francisco-has-to-pay-for-its-sins/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:00:21 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=87295 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/san-francisco-has-to-pay-for-its-sins/feed/ 69 In this novel set in 2040, the U.S. has split into an Islamic Republic and a Christian Bible belt http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/15/thinking-about-the-old-ignatieff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/15/thinking-about-the-old-ignatieff/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:40:41 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86129 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/15/thinking-about-the-old-ignatieff/feed/ 95 Speaking of free speech, Steyn speculates about what the Liberal leader can’t say now http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/07/hell-britannia-you%e2%80%99re-just-nasty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/07/hell-britannia-you%e2%80%99re-just-nasty/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:40:52 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=85106 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/07/hell-britannia-you%e2%80%99re-just-nasty/feed/ 111 Licence to make crass sexual jokes on the BBC about the Queen is depravity, not liberty http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/the-case-for-the-seeing-eye-horse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/the-case-for-the-seeing-eye-horse/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:50:26 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=83587 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/01/the-case-for-the-seeing-eye-horse/feed/ 105 What if a blind man with a guide dog had taken on a Muslim bed-and-breakfast owner? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/24/dislike-obama-you-must-be-racist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/24/dislike-obama-you-must-be-racist/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:58 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=82444 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/24/dislike-obama-you-must-be-racist/feed/ 427 The obvious explanation for his low ratings are his unpopular policies, writes MARK STEYN, but don’t go there http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/it-took-a-while-but-section-13-is-dead/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/it-took-a-while-but-section-13-is-dead/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:40:35 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=80536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/it-took-a-while-but-section-13-is-dead/feed/ 161 This month, with Judge Hadjis’s Marc Lemire decision, the wheels fell off the CHRC racket http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/10/no-wonder-the-kennedys-hated-him/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/10/no-wonder-the-kennedys-hated-him/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:20:32 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=79295 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/10/no-wonder-the-kennedys-hated-him/feed/ 35 Writer Dominick Dunne always ensured that ‘inconvenient women’ weren’t forgotten http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/your-family-is-being-watched-24-7/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/your-family-is-being-watched-24-7/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:20:03 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=77775 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/your-family-is-being-watched-24-7/feed/ 131 What’s next in surveillance-happy Britain? Cameras in private homes? Actually, yes. http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/27/do-you-notice-anything-shrivelling/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/27/do-you-notice-anything-shrivelling/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:20:52 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=76783 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/27/do-you-notice-anything-shrivelling/feed/ 305 We’ve never had more personal sexual liberty. And less freedom of almost every other kind. http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/what-made-budd-schulberg-run/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/what-made-budd-schulberg-run/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:40:17 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=75536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/20/what-made-budd-schulberg-run/feed/ 65 Cineastes can’t acknowledge the power of his work because of a decision he made in 1951 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/13/we-can%e2%80%99t-talk-about-immigration/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/13/we-can%e2%80%99t-talk-about-immigration/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:00:49 +0000 Mark Steyn http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=74384 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/13/we-can%e2%80%99t-talk-about-immigration/feed/ 180 In fact, we’ll blame anything rather than confront the truth about what’s happening