Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

The Nile: the scene of a water war? ( Comment ) After he signed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty in 1979, the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat said: "The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.”
We are nearing a demographic revolution Even under the best of circumstances, managing the workforce is difficult and complicated. Nowadays, with our aging population, this will be more burdensome than ever.

The UN takes on the cell phone menace ( Uffish Thoughts ) Having failed seriously in its decades-long attempt to bring peace to the world, most recently highlighted when the United States went right ahead and invaded Iraq anyway,

Thailand: one heck of a close call ( Comment ) "The government does not want to negotiate, so I think many more people will die,” "redshirt” leader Sean Boonpracong said May 17 in Bangkok.

Busy parliamentary session will benefit all ( Comment ) The current session of Parliament is very busy, as the government is bringing forward important new legislation ranging from the budget to crime-fighting initiatives.
Recollections of Wellesley Tudor Pole, O.B.E. This is an exclusive article written and shared with us by Whitehorse resident Michael Brine, who had the good fortune to have met Major Wellesley Tudor Pole in 1961-62.
A financial boondoggle shrouded in dishonesty ( Musings ) Although I have written in the past about the long gun registry and the promises by the Harper government to do away with it, I must visit that subject one more time.
Help us reduce ATVs' negative impacts ( Comment ) TOYA stands for Trails Only Yukon Association.

Arctic offshore drilling isn't worth the risks ( Comment ) The finger-pointing in the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is continuing as the U.S. Congress calls the companies before them to explain why they have created such an environmental disaster.
Can we honestly say we've learned something? One of the benefits of experience is that lessons are learned.

Hoping for a hospital of dreams ( Uffish Thoughts ) "If you build it, he will come,” said the voice Ray Kinsella, heard out in his Iowa cornfield.

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