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/2012/01/31/brad-trost-maverick-watch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/brad-trost-maverick-watch/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:18:29 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236828 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/brad-trost-maverick-watch/feed/ 0 The Conservative backbencher deviates from the script. In a recent commentary aired on News... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/occupy-democracy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/occupy-democracy/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:52:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222148 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/occupy-democracy/feed/ 0 Jeff Jedras questions the suggestion that Occupy protesters would simply be better off voting.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/difference-of-opinion-alert/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/difference-of-opinion-alert/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:00:07 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221056 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/21/difference-of-opinion-alert/feed/ 3 A few weeks ago, the official opposition suggested a difference of opinion on the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/idea-alert-59/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/idea-alert-59/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:45:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220331 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/idea-alert-59/feed/ 11 David Berlin proposes a new kind of parliamentary government. Provincial and federal systems are... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-reality-of-mass-politics-makes-parties-absolutely-necessary/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-reality-of-mass-politics-makes-parties-absolutely-necessary/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:00:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217753 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/the-reality-of-mass-politics-makes-parties-absolutely-necessary/feed/ 14 Andrew Potter defends the existence of political parties. Nenshi also pointedly refused to affiliate... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/in-defence-of-partisanship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/in-defence-of-partisanship/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:48:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217144 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/in-defence-of-partisanship/feed/ 23 iPolitics publishes an excerpt from Democratizing the Constitution. There are several reasons why the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/the-centre-in-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/the-centre-in-crisis/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:13:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207179 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/the-centre-in-crisis/feed/ 47 Bob Rae draws lessons from the U.S. debt crisis. The deep partisanship that has... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/ideological-purity-and-governance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/ideological-purity-and-governance/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:00:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207103 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/ideological-purity-and-governance/feed/ 7 In light of the U.S. debt crisis, Fareed Zakaria compares the American system to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/different-system-same-problems/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/different-system-same-problems/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:23:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201775 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/12/different-system-same-problems/feed/ 12 This lament for their current situation and call for congressional reform in the United... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/21/the-post-party-era/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/21/the-post-party-era/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:08:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=178397 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/21/the-post-party-era/feed/ 25 Donald Savoie laments for the decline of the political party. The problem is that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/the-precise-nature-of-the-problem/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/the-precise-nature-of-the-problem/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:03:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171916 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/the-precise-nature-of-the-problem/feed/ 7 Glen Pearson notes the misdirection inherent in fretting about decorum. I’m all for more... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/tribal-politics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/tribal-politics/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:48:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=170204 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/04/tribal-politics/feed/ 48 Shankar Vedantam argues that partisanship is the new racism. When partisanship is seen as... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/03/things-we-worried-about-in-the-1960s/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/03/things-we-worried-about-in-the-1960s/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:38:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165471 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/03/things-we-worried-about-in-the-1960s/feed/ 15 A bit late to the Ngram party, but here are the English references to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/15/necessary-partisanship-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/15/necessary-partisanship-ii/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:35:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163859 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/15/necessary-partisanship-ii/feed/ 14 Matthew Yglesias makes the case for labels. Normally, how much you’re willing to pay... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/14/necessary-partisanship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/14/necessary-partisanship/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:56:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163842 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/14/necessary-partisanship/feed/ 21 Christopher Beam picks apart the No Labels movement. His argument that it’s the incentives... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/the-people-speak/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/the-people-speak/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:58:49 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102975 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/the-people-speak/feed/ 96 The people speak http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/baldly-going-where-no-senator-has/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/baldly-going-where-no-senator-has/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:24 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=91629 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/baldly-going-where-no-senator-has/feed/ 49 There’s a reason for Mike Duffy’s behaviour of late: he’s taking down the Senate from within http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/09/disturbance-in-the-house/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/09/disturbance-in-the-house/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:44:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=91267 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/09/disturbance-in-the-house/feed/ 8 In the autumn issue of Canadian Parliamentary Review, Evan Sotiropoulos applies a little qualitative... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/new-politics/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/new-politics/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:51:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=89717 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/new-politics/feed/ 10 Bit late to this, but here is John Manley reflecting on his time in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/on-discourse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/on-discourse/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:02:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86786 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/on-discourse/feed/ 151 Bit late to this, but here is Andrew Steele considering the state of modern... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/05/by-the-numbers-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/05/by-the-numbers-ii/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 16:09:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=54784 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/05/by-the-numbers-ii/feed/ 19 Stephen Harper, Friday. “We just had an election. What we’re looking for from Ignatieff... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/13/loyalty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/13/loyalty/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:41:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=49375 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/13/loyalty/feed/ 2 James Bow considers partisanship, politics, democracy, civil discourse and blogging.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/23/on-partisanship/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/23/on-partisanship/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:52:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=19291 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/23/on-partisanship/feed/ 3 Reginald Stackhouse: The purpose of the opposition is to prevent the government and its... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/20/megapundit-grey-skies-are-gonna-get-even-darker-put-on-an-angry-scowl/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/20/megapundit-grey-skies-are-gonna-get-even-darker-put-on-an-angry-scowl/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:17:08 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=18881 Everybody hold hands... Fear not, Canada. As soon as we’re back in the black,]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/20/megapundit-grey-skies-are-gonna-get-even-darker-put-on-an-angry-scowl/feed/ 4 Everybody hold hands... Fear not, Canada. As soon as we’re back in the black,