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Matthew McKinnon

Matthew McKinnon (@matthewmckinnon) is an editor, writer, and designer.
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January/February 2016 / Politics

Free-for-All

December 17, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

Trudeau wants to legalize pot. Why stop there?

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Media

Your Favourite Things

December 21, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

Our most popular magazine articles, videos, podcasts, and blog posts published in 2014

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Politics

Things Rob Ford Has Quit

July 21, 2014July 6, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

An incomplete list

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
October 2013

Inside Joke

October 20, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

The post-racial comedy of Russell Peters

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November 2012 / Sports

Basketball Blues

October 15, 2012May 2, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

Why the Toronto Raptors stink

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Greetings

September 13, 2012April 3, 2021 - by Matthew McKinnon

Welcome to TheWalrus.ca, the new online home of all things Walrus

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A Gallery of Love Songs, Illustrated

September 12, 2012March 8, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

In the museums of the future, there had better be a place reserved for the mix tape

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July/August 2012

An Exile on Main Street

July 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

K’naan’s World Cup anthem, “Wavin’ Flag,” made the Somali Canadian rapper a global star. Now, with a radio-friendly album, he is chasing mass-market (read: American) success

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Books / June 2012

The Walrus Reads

June 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Matthew McKinnon

Seven new titles of note

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April 2011 / Society

To Pot

April 12, 2011August 7, 2021 - by Matthew McKinnon

Legalizing marijuana would benefit everyone: cops, taxpayers, and victims of crime. Everyone, that is, but the stoners

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