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Maxime Marquette

Independent columnist · MadMax

MadMax is an independent bilingual news outlet based in Québec, publishing analysis on geopolitics, technology, democracy, and culture.

Our mission: rigorous, source-cited analysis carried out with full editorial independence — no sponsorship, no party line.

Our editorial standards: sources are cited inline, corrections are fixed and logged publicly, and any use of artificial intelligence is disclosed.

Fire first

“Burn rather than rot. Write rather than stay silent.”

Write as if burning

Fire first. Sentences after. No lukewarm takes.

Raw truth

Always answer the strongest version of the opposing point. No strawmen.

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Columns by Maxime Marquette

4,540 columns published
Open letter· No. 2191

At Silverstone, F1 finds its historic sanctuary again

Introduction: dear Formula 1, let's talk about this weekend at Silverstone

Profile· No. 2190

The Aegean Sea becomes a minefield again between Athens and Ankara

Introduction: a legal dispute resurfaces

Reportage· No. 2189

Europeans rush toward Icelandic and Norwegian coolness

Introduction: when the heat wave redraws the vacation map

Essay· No. 2188

What the Pentagon's $500 million says about the anti-drone race

Introduction: a day of contracts worth a thousand speeches

Column· No. 2187

Europe's chip industry faces a bleak future between Beijing and Washington

Introduction: a report sounds the alarm on European technological sovereignty

Note· No. 2186

Trump sees an exit ramp in the Kavanaugh opinion, despite his defeat

Introduction: a legal defeat Trump refuses to admit

Investigation· No. 2185

A Trump-appointed judge dismantles his own anti-homeless policy

Introduction: when the courts contradict the White House

Commentary· No. 2184

Wimbledon's mixed doubles steal the show by round three

Introduction: when mixed doubles becomes the main event

Editorial· No. 2183

Bank of America pays $72.5 million, but who really pays

Introduction: the price of a bank's silence