Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente is one of Canada's leading columnists. As a writer for The Globe and Mail, she provokes heated debate with her views on health care, education, and social issues. She is this year's winner of the National Newspaper Award for column-writing.
Ms. Wente has had a diverse career in Canadian journalism as both a writer and an editor. She has edited two leading business magazines, Canadian Business and ROB Magazine. She has also been editor of the Globe's business section, the ROB, and managing editor of the paper. Her columns have appeared in the Globe since 1992. For the past two years she has been writing full-time for the paper, and she is a frequent commentator on television and radio.
Ms. Wente was born in Chicago and moved to Toronto with her family when she was in her teens. She has won numerous journalism awards. She holds a BA from the University of Michigan, and an MA in English from the University of Toronto. She is married to Ian McLeod, a television producer.
The march of time? Get on with it
Turning 60: The lifestyle ads may be a crock, but don't mope. Aging has surprising upsides
Being bad in Toronto the Good
Did Adam Giambrone learn nothing from Tiger Woods?
Prostate cancer dilemma
How would you feel about prostate surgery if you knew the odds were roughly 98 per cent that you didn't need it?
The great global warming collapse
As the science scandals keep coming, the air has gone out of the climate-change movement
Autism, vaccines and fear
It's doubtful The Lancet's retraction of a flawed 1998 study will have much effect, because the damage has already been done
Grief industry to the rescue
Not long ago, we had other ways to cope with loss: community and casseroles
This country is falling apart (really)
Our crumbling infrastructure may be a symptom of advanced demosclerosis
Yup, still old-style politics
Harper and prorogation: Pots should proceed with caution before they call the kettles black
The global Internet jihad: Web of terror
This is not the language of resistance against foreign occupation. It's the language of apocalyptic salvation
Why do we fund NGOs anyway?
It's not their politics – it's that we pay for them