Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Things which utterly baffle the mind ( Uffish Thoughts ) Things there are which baffle the mind and puzzle the will.

Certain political parties stand in jeopardy ( Comment ) What a difference a day makes!
The White Girl Series: true blood lust This is a deviation from the "flow” of the White Girl Series.
Get ready for a blazing-hot mining summer During the Victoria Day weekend, heading up the North Klondike Highway, between Whitehorse and the Silver Trail turnoff, there were five ore trucks proceeding south to the port of Skagway.
A minority chooses for a majority ( Editorial ) The man who makes an acceptance speech at the Yukon Party's leadership convention will inherit the daunting assignment of governing a vast territory with a $1-billion-plus annual budget and thousands of employees who put it into effect day-in, day-out.

Set corporate governance is a big advantage Given the news recently, it is obvious that all too frequently, corporations either accidentally or by design have failed to act properly.
A prognosis of the world in 2050 The economists, the statisticians and the investment bankers have done their work, and everybody in the financial world now has more or less the same picture of the future in their minds.
Thinking about the end of the world ( Uffish Thoughts ) DAWSON CITY – Good day.

The election results were very satisfying Now that the dust has settled somewhat (at least I think it has), it is time to take a look back at our federal election.
Tories weren't the week's most absorbing news The Tory government is not the interesting party to watch over the next four years.
The decision: did the poll play a role? ( Editorial ) Can Larry Bagnell blame part of his May 2 election loss on a late-campaign poll suggesting he was in a commanding position to secure another term? The theory probably has an undetermined degree of credence.

It's all post-traumatic psycho-babble American and British soldiers have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for about the same length of time, and their casualty rates have been about the same.
The recovery: major hurdles still remain At first glance, the North American economy appears to be on a recovery path.

Correction to column Part of a paragraph in a Michael Den Tandt column published Monday was unintentionally dropped. It should have read:

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