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/2011/06/15/where-have-the-workers-gone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/where-have-the-workers-gone/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:10:25 +0000 Stephanie Findlay http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196421 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/where-have-the-workers-gone/feed/ 15 Echoing Arizona, Georgia passed a tough immigrant law. Now it finds itself desperately short of farmhands. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/11/dust-up-in-the-desert/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/11/dust-up-in-the-desert/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:32:29 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=182886 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/11/dust-up-in-the-desert/feed/ 39 Death threats, hate mail, conspiracy theories. Welcome to hockey night in Phoenix. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/08/this-week-good-news-bad-news-10/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/08/this-week-good-news-bad-news-10/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:02:03 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=182109 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/08/this-week-good-news-bad-news-10/feed/ 0 Are the Vancouver Canucks the prohibitive Cup favourites? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/05/not-much-glee-over-these-slushies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/05/not-much-glee-over-these-slushies/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:19:27 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=169846 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/05/not-much-glee-over-these-slushies/feed/ 5 A show that takes a stand against bullying might have given bullies some ideas http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/i-believe-we-can-be-better/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/i-believe-we-can-be-better/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:32:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166588 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/i-believe-we-can-be-better/feed/ 61 An account of President Barack Obama's remarks in Tucson http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/what%e2%80%99s-the-matter-with-arizona/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/what%e2%80%99s-the-matter-with-arizona/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:58:48 +0000 Alex Derry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166568 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/what%e2%80%99s-the-matter-with-arizona/feed/ 22 Why the Giffords shooting isn't out of character for the desert state http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/do-we-take-our-own-words-seriously/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/do-we-take-our-own-words-seriously/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:57:04 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166429 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/12/do-we-take-our-own-words-seriously/feed/ 179 Conor Friedersdorf, writing about the rhetoric of Palin & Co., gets at what I... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/no-public-figure-can-be-completely-immune/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/no-public-figure-can-be-completely-immune/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:50:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166358 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/no-public-figure-can-be-completely-immune/feed/ 35 Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc, recently the subject of death threats, considers the reality of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/let%e2%80%99s-at-least-make-troubled-individuals-easier-to-spot/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/let%e2%80%99s-at-least-make-troubled-individuals-easier-to-spot/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:02:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166339 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/11/let%e2%80%99s-at-least-make-troubled-individuals-easier-to-spot/feed/ 84 Jon Stewart and Roger Ailes find themselves vaguely in agreement on something. I do... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/10/timeout/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/10/timeout/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:36:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166314 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/10/timeout/feed/ 60 John Dickerson considers what should happen now. Any speech now, from the president or... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/10/the-extent-of-angry-rhetoric-in-the-country-can-lead-people-to-extreme-actions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/10/the-extent-of-angry-rhetoric-in-the-country-can-lead-people-to-extreme-actions/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:06:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166260 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/10/the-extent-of-angry-rhetoric-in-the-country-can-lead-people-to-extreme-actions/feed/ 49 In a story about how MPs cope with potential threats to their personal security,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/09/on-rhetoric/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/09/on-rhetoric/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:06:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166251 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/09/on-rhetoric/feed/ 161 Jack Shafer defends angry rhetoric. The great miracle of American politics is that although... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/07/sheriff-joe-comes-to-tea/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/07/sheriff-joe-comes-to-tea/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:00:37 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=150867 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/07/sheriff-joe-comes-to-tea/feed/ 0 Arizona’s tough-talking cop is a Tea Party favourite, in spite of accusations of financial irregularities http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/03/i-call-on-you-today-to-say-that-there-are-no-beheadings/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/03/i-call-on-you-today-to-say-that-there-are-no-beheadings/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:48:58 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=145388 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/03/i-call-on-you-today-to-say-that-there-are-no-beheadings/feed/ 0 It’s going well in Arizona:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/01/khabi-bull/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/01/khabi-bull/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:37:04 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=144811 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/01/khabi-bull/feed/ 0 Oiler goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin’s trial for the offence of “extreme” impaired driving was the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/16/how-partisan-politics-are-hurting-immigration-reform/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/16/how-partisan-politics-are-hurting-immigration-reform/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:03:45 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=142892 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/16/how-partisan-politics-are-hurting-immigration-reform/feed/ 0 Once upon a time, George W. Bush was looking for a bipartisan consensus http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/obamas-immigration-law-gamble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/obamas-immigration-law-gamble/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:20:04 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138806 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/obamas-immigration-law-gamble/feed/ 0 How badly will the lawsuit against Arizona hurt the Democrats? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/19/the-importance-of-jon-stewart/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/19/the-importance-of-jon-stewart/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:07:47 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=139112 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/19/the-importance-of-jon-stewart/feed/ 0 When you ask the twentysomething crowd where they get their news, few will mention... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/21/origins-of-the-great-arizona-civil-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/21/origins-of-the-great-arizona-civil-war/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:59:54 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93802 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/21/origins-of-the-great-arizona-civil-war/feed/ 20 Patricia Treble’s short piece about Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the publicity-hogging Faulknerian nightmare who runs... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/25/vultures-in-the-desert/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/25/vultures-in-the-desert/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 21:55:00 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=3672 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/25/vultures-in-the-desert/feed/ 19 Canadians are snapping up foreclosed homes in the U.S. Southwest. Is it the opportunity of a lifetime, or a disaster in the making?