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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:00:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/land-mines-in-our-sexual-landscape/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/land-mines-in-our-sexual-landscape/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=362578 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/land-mines-in-our-sexual-landscape/feed/ 0 Barbara Amiel on an anything-goes sexual society http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/preston-manning-suggests-shutting-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/preston-manning-suggests-shutting-up/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:51:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359321 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/preston-manning-suggests-shutting-up/feed/ 0 The former Reform party leader's advice to conservatives http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/09/the-state-of-the-conservative-movement/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/09/the-state-of-the-conservative-movement/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:36:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=358836 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/09/the-state-of-the-conservative-movement/feed/ 0 The former Reform leader addresses the Manning conference http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/on-discussing-child-porn-the-backlash-and-the-worst-week-of-his-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/on-discussing-child-porn-the-backlash-and-the-worst-week-of-his-life/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=357557 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/08/on-discussing-child-porn-the-backlash-and-the-worst-week-of-his-life/feed/ 0 What have you learned? Where do you go from here? Tom Flanagan takes questions from Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/tom-flanagan-says-he-was-trapped-into-child-porn-comments/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/tom-flanagan-says-he-was-trapped-into-child-porn-comments/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:21:47 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356730 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/04/tom-flanagan-says-he-was-trapped-into-child-porn-comments/feed/ 0 EDMONTON – A former high-level political strategist criticized for his comments on child pornography... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/02/academics-defend-flanagans-child-porn-views-as-public-debate-free-speech/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/02/academics-defend-flanagans-child-porn-views-as-public-debate-free-speech/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:15:24 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=356040 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/02/academics-defend-flanagans-child-porn-views-as-public-debate-free-speech/feed/ 0 CALGARY – Some academics are coming to the defence of former Stephen Harper strategist... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/politicians-condemn-tom-flanagan-for-suggesting-child-porn-viewing-is-ok/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/politicians-condemn-tom-flanagan-for-suggesting-child-porn-viewing-is-ok/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:23:22 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=355372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/28/politicians-condemn-tom-flanagan-for-suggesting-child-porn-viewing-is-ok/feed/ 0 EDMONTON – Former Stephen Harper strategist Tom Flanagan has been widely and swiftly condemned... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/cant-stop-wont-stop-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/cant-stop-wont-stop-2/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:33:45 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291907 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/cant-stop-wont-stop-2/feed/ 0 The Hill Times sizes up the permanent campaign. Prof. Flanagan, a political pundit who... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/ba-a-a-attle-for-the-alberta-voter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/ba-a-a-attle-for-the-alberta-voter/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:50:03 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248726 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/ba-a-a-attle-for-the-alberta-voter/feed/ 0 The early days of the Alberta election showcase the Wildrose tacticians at their best http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/a-muddled-senate/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/a-muddled-senate/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:16:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/07/a-muddled-senate/feed/ 15 Jeff Jedras notes Stephane Dion’s continued dissection of the Harper government’s Senate reforms, including... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/persichilli-le-non-quebecois/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/persichilli-le-non-quebecois/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:15:10 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212850 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/02/persichilli-le-non-quebecois/feed/ 63 The newest PMO hire suggests the Conservatives are turning their attention toward the great big ethnic stew pot of Toronto http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/10/political-correctness-gone-mad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/10/political-correctness-gone-mad/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:30:01 +0000 Alex Derry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207723 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/10/political-correctness-gone-mad/feed/ 64 The UN upbraids Canada for its use of the term ‘visible minority’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/04/nycole-turmel-disappoints-stephen-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/04/nycole-turmel-disappoints-stephen-harper/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:10:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207444 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/04/nycole-turmel-disappoints-stephen-harper/feed/ 8 The Prime Minister says he is profoundly saddened by Nycole Turmel’s associations with sovereignists.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/two-questions-for-stephen-harper-iii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/two-questions-for-stephen-harper-iii/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:10:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=185837 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/20/two-questions-for-stephen-harper-iii/feed/ 50 After interviewing Mr. Layton and Mr. Ignatieff, Peter Mansbridge will sit down with Mr.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/two-questions-for-stephen-harper-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/two-questions-for-stephen-harper-ii/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:46:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=181225 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/04/two-questions-for-stephen-harper-ii/feed/ 55 In light of what we saw and heard during the first week of the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/what-stephen-harper-was-writing-in-1997/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/what-stephen-harper-was-writing-in-1997/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=180460 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/31/what-stephen-harper-was-writing-in-1997/feed/ 25 Terry Milewski digs up an essay penned by Stephen Harper and Tom Flanagan around... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/stephen-harper-and-constitutional-convention/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/stephen-harper-and-constitutional-convention/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:48:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179991 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/29/stephen-harper-and-constitutional-convention/feed/ 54 Tom Flanagan, a former advisor to Mr. Harper, is asked for his opinion on... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/31/how-about-somewhat-benign-but-sort-of-an-a-hole/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/31/how-about-somewhat-benign-but-sort-of-an-a-hole/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:16:11 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=99456 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/31/how-about-somewhat-benign-but-sort-of-an-a-hole/feed/ 89 Historian Michael Behiels commences his Citizen op-ed on the present constitutional emergency by describing... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/on-second-thought/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/on-second-thought/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=91923 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/on-second-thought/feed/ 58 Tom Flanagan talks to the Winnipeg Free Press about Michael Ignatieff, attack ads, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/09/great-moments-in-candour-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/09/great-moments-in-candour-ii/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:59:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=80545 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/09/great-moments-in-candour-ii/feed/ 59 The NDP dispatches Charlie Angus, the party’s truthiness critic apparently, to comment on Tom... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/09/great-moments-in-candour/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/09/great-moments-in-candour/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:45:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=80413 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/09/great-moments-in-candour/feed/ 46 Tom Flanagan considers the Conservatives’ intent to run against the specter of a Liberal-NDP-Bloc... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/27/the-readable-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/27/the-readable-harper/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:29:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=78056 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/27/the-readable-harper/feed/ 37 An unofficial collection of the PM’s freely available writings, for all your educational or objectionable purposes http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/battle-of-the-globe-and-mail-conservative-strategists-bruce-anderson-defends-dignity-civility-schoolgirls/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/battle-of-the-globe-and-mail-conservative-strategists-bruce-anderson-defends-dignity-civility-schoolgirls/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:22:34 +0000 kadyomalley http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=70597 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/battle-of-the-globe-and-mail-conservative-strategists-bruce-anderson-defends-dignity-civility-schoolgirls/feed/ 40 Take that, Tom Flanagan — the high road, that is: As a citizen who... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/the-commons-general-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/the-commons-general-canada/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:46:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=43303 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/the-commons-general-canada/feed/ 31 Hillier shares some of his wisdom—and a joke about George Stroumboulopoulos http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/05/middle-brow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/05/middle-brow/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:26:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=33937 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/05/middle-brow/feed/ 41 From the Canadian Press assessment of Patrick Muttart’s departure. Muttart also overhauled the party’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/04/the-commons-michael-ignatieff-and-the-herd/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/04/the-commons-michael-ignatieff-and-the-herd/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:36:31 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=33619 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/02/04/the-commons-michael-ignatieff-and-the-herd/feed/ 41 The early reviews are in and Ignatieff is a disaster http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/13/a-bunch-of-self-serving-exaggeration/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/13/a-bunch-of-self-serving-exaggeration/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:59:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=27577 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/13/a-bunch-of-self-serving-exaggeration/feed/ 31 Canwest is presently running a five-part—only five?—series on the decline of our politics. The... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/the-past-and-future-tense/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/the-past-and-future-tense/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=22038 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/the-past-and-future-tense/feed/ 13 CBC tonight referred to an essay—Our Benign Dictatorship—authored in 1996 by Stephen Harper and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/too-much-is-never/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/too-much-is-never/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:50:12 +0000 Paul Wells http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=20833 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/too-much-is-never/feed/ 61 Four years ago I wrote about Tom Flanagan’s first book, Game Theory in Canadian... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/15/michael-chong-maverick-watch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/15/michael-chong-maverick-watch/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:34:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=17965 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/15/michael-chong-maverick-watch/feed/ 8 First, this. Now, this. An opinion piece published Friday in the Globe and Mail ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/its-australia-on-line-one-something-about-royalties/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/its-australia-on-line-one-something-about-royalties/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:33:39 +0000 kadyomalley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=9953 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/its-australia-on-line-one-something-about-royalties/feed/ 26 [...]Stephen responded on 20 March with an eloquent speech in the House of Commons,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/16/megapundit-what-julie-couillard-has-to-do-with-mikhail-gorbachev/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/16/megapundit-what-julie-couillard-has-to-do-with-mikhail-gorbachev/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:02:14 +0000 selley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=2067 WEEKEND ROUNDUP Must-reads: Scott Taylor on Afghan governance; Christie Blatchford, Rex Murphy and ...Daphne]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/16/megapundit-what-julie-couillard-has-to-do-with-mikhail-gorbachev/feed/ 0 WEEKEND ROUNDUP Must-reads: Scott Taylor on Afghan governance; Christie Blatchford, Rex Murphy and ...Daphne http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/04/only-tangentially-tape-related-remember-all-that-confusion-over-when-the-meeting-took-place/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/04/only-tangentially-tape-related-remember-all-that-confusion-over-when-the-meeting-took-place/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:02:05 +0000 kadyomalley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=1641 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/06/04/only-tangentially-tape-related-remember-all-that-confusion-over-when-the-meeting-took-place/feed/ 0 A quick recap, in case you’ve forgotten: Dona Cadman told Zytaruk that she found... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/03/12/the-commons-so-it-goes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/03/12/the-commons-so-it-goes/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:12:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://dev.oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/03/12/the-commons-so-it-goes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/03/12/the-commons-so-it-goes/feed/ 0 The Conservatives have no credible answers and the Liberals are now mocking them in...