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January 7, 2019
- Machiavelli was really a political satirist In one of his recent letters to the Star, Wade Carrell refers to Machiavelli as a “maniac” who wrote a manual on how to be a despot/tyrant/autocrat or what you call it.
- Grandiose promises and solutions for 2019 As I have mentioned previously on many occasions, the politicians of today are fond of making grandiose promises.
January 4, 2019
- ‘Please, Sir, can I have some more?’ I have the greatest interest in anything connected with politics. For in Canada, politics are connected to everything great and small that people do.
- ‘Chicken Little’ immigrants cartoon was reason to cry fowl I was appalled by the cartoon in your Dec. 27 edition which depicted conservatives as “Chicken Little” crying “The immigrants are coming!”
- I leave 2018 confident the tradition of good manners will live Just a day before Christmas, I was doing some last-minute grocery shopping.
- See the light and leave them up through winter! The Christmas lights on City of Whitehorse property downtown are so beautiful!
- Extended strollers, rope lines don’t make kids safe Ed. note: this is an open letter to Pauline Frost, the minister of Health and Social Services. It was originally sent to Mayor Dan Curtis and city council.
December 31, 2018
- Let’s honour those who face danger The regular look through the honours lists provides few surprises – apart from the absence of my own name – with many from the areas of media, sport and business getting awards.
December 28, 2018
- It’s right to end 2018 on a lofty note Just to finish up the year on a good note,
- Walker’s complaint about the RCMP is misguided The letter to the editor with an unfounded complaint on the RCMP dealing with people crossing city crosswalks (Star, Dec. 21) leaves a number of questions to be answer.
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Ranting guide covets cash and wall mounts A certain trophy hunting guide is using the emotions that everybody feels after the very tragic death of young woman and her child – fatally mauled by a bear on a remote trapline in the Yukon – to try to push for a “war on bears” on social media.
December 27, 2018
- ‘Siberian candidate’ or chump: what do you think? ‘Siberian candidate’ or chump: what do you think?
December 24, 2018
- Letter condemning the RCMP was shameful A recent letter condemning our RCMP – those who are there to protect our lives – was, in my opinion, shameful, degrading and a personal malice against police forces.
- Happy holidays, Yukoners, and enjoy the time! Yukoners: enjoy the season of sharing, fun, love and caring.
- Many Rivers’ woes have stirred memories I see recent news that the Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services group is not compliant with the Societies Act (Star, Dec. 17, 19, 21).
- Free advice to a Liberal critic Roy! Roy! Roy! (“Vote out this dunderhead and his lackeys!”, Star letters, Dec. 21.)
- Has nothing changed over two decades? Let’s just review the facts first.