Whitehorse Daily Star

January 17, 2011

• Tunisia: the force of example ( Comment ) The analogy might be with the chain of non-violent revolutions that drove the sclerotic Communist regimes of Eastern Europe from power in 1989.

January 14, 2011

• Sooner or later, there will be a well blowout ( Comment ) Canada's marine boundaries are under threat, and the current and past governments have been unable to recognize this clear and present danger.
• A new year, the same old economic woes If you thought sanity would slowly but surely return to politics in the United States of America after November's mid-term elections, you were sadly mistaken.
• A welcome move, but too late for the departed ( Editorial ) The banner backdropping the group of men who hosted a local media briefing Wednesday was sadly ironic in its vow: "The Department of Justice, in accordance with a Rule of Law, administers a system of justice that is fair, humane, responsive and equitable, and contributes to order and safety of individuals, families and communities.”

January 13, 2011

• Creativity has vastly improved working conditions Charles Dickens' novel, Oliver Twist, vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers, particularly young children, in England in the l830s.
• Assessing the accusations against Assange ( Comment ) The U.S. government is doing all it can to silence the Wikileaks organization, including starving it of funds by getting PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard to freeze its accounts.

January 12, 2011

• He cast the spell of the Yukon over all of us ( Comment ) Ray Stone, a longtime friend and colleague, has penned this eulogy for Les McLaughlin,
• A dedicated preserver of history falls silent ( Editorial ) Though he spent a vast part of his life outside the Yukon, the territory has lost one of its most fervent champions.

January 11, 2011

• The U.S. pursues a ‘hi-tech terrorist' ( Comment ) "Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.”

January 10, 2011

• Food riots: the world has a big problem ( Comment ) If all the food in the world were shared out evenly, there would be enough to go around.