Raphael looks for interesting characters in a sea of ‘mediocrity’

Mitchel Raphael says he's kind of like Ottawa's court jester. He participates in most of the big political moments, but reports on them from an entirely sociological and cultural perspective.

Maclean's Capital Diary columnist Mitchel Raphael, (pronounced rayfle) tries to get his readers interested in the world of federal politics by writing about the personal and social lives of decision-makers. For instance, he writes about everything from NDP MP Libby Davies at a transgendere...

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