Maxime Marquette
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.
“Burn rather than rot. Write rather than stay silent.”
Fire first. Sentences after. No lukewarm takes.
Always answer the strongest version of the opposing point. No strawmen.
No commissioned pieces. No editorial masters. No compromise.
Columns by Maxime Marquette
4,540 columns published
Wimbledon 2026 hits its stride with stunning third-round upsets
Introduction: London grass already turned upside down
Israel and Lebanon tie ceasefire to Hezbollah's contested disarmament
Introduction: an agreement signed without the main party involved
Six Americans at the 2026 Tour de France, a record that says it all
Introduction: when American cycling reclaims its place on French roads
A Cuban man's deportation is a reminder of the deportation machine's excesses
Introduction: a case that says a lot about the administration's jitters
OpenAI reportedly offers Washington a 5% stake, a historic first
Introduction: an unprecedented move in American tech history
Stellantis closes the remote-work chapter, between firmness and compromise
Introduction: the end of an era at the automaker giant
AWS bets $1 billion on AI engineers embedded with its clients
Introduction: Amazon's bet to dominate the agentic era
The Jack Smith report stays buried, American justice pays the price
Introduction: a document that may never see the light of day
Maxwell pleads the Fifth Amendment, Congress is left with no answers
Introduction: silence repeated at every question asked