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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.

Independence

No commissioned pieces. No editorial masters. No compromise.

Columns by Maxime Marquette

4,540 columns published
Note· No. 2002

Comey indicted a second time over a seashell post

Introduction: a seashell, a number, a trial

Profile· No. 2001

Tregzi, the cell therapy changing the face of bone marrow transplants

Introduction: a newcomer in the arsenal against blood cancer

Investigation· No. 2000

Supreme Court blocks Trump, saves the Fed's independence

Introduction: a rare judicial slap for the White House

Commentary· No. 1999

NASA bets $30 million to save a telescope, and wins

Introduction: a robotic tugboat to stop a fall foretold

Editorial· No. 1998

Germany wants to build Tomahawks, and that's excellent news

Introduction: Berlin no longer asks for permission, it builds

Reportage· No. 1997

Defense stocks explode as the West bets big on deterrence

Introduction: a market betting on Cold War 2.0

Analysis· No. 1996

Lung tumors hijack nerves to starve the body

Introduction: a quarter of cancer deaths, a cause long misunderstood

Analysis· No. 1995

Brennan sues Trump to force preservation of evidence

Introduction: a former intelligence chief fights back in court

Analysis· No. 1994

Billions of mRNA doses, what science really says in 2026

Introduction: a massive review, one simple question