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.
Have you done your 10,000 hours?
Malcolm Gladwell thinks diligence beats talent. Steven Pinker begs to differ
Does cancer screening do harm?
Over-diagnosis has plenty of side effects – needless surgery and trauma, emotional anguish, wasted money and resources
Sarah Palin gets even
She may be absurd, but the former Alaska governor is no joke
My honey's got the bug
Fair time has become deadly serious for the Bee Boyz's ribbon quest
An honour crime in Ottawa
The judge found that this particular father believed violence is a wholly justified response to female disobedience
Does BPA give you the willies? It shouldn't
When activism is disguised as science
Swine flu snafus
How many bureaucrats does it take to give your kid a shot in the arm?
To catch a thief in Toronto
When grocer David Chen finally gets his day in court, the odds will be against him
Are meat eaters killing the planet? It's hard to say
We can't stop global warming if we can't agree on its main causes
What's so wrong with raising little Einsteins?
Be skeptical of anyone who says that brain research knows how to make babies smarter