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August 14, 2008
- It's all about keeping things 'under control' Our political leaders and even our financial authorities assert that inflation is "under control".
- Do I feel the breeze of a new Cold War? LONDON - "Have you noticed," my wife asked, "that when one of America's allies thinks it has a green light to invade somewhere, they always do it in the summer?"
August 13, 2008
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Can YTG learn from young people's examples? When '80s pop-diva Whitney Houston sang that she believed, "the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way," at best the latter notion was pure whimsy crafted into cautionary melodrama - note the verb "teach" comes before "lead".
August 12, 2008
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Our campaign has reached the 5,000-kilometre mark! Ed. note: this is an update on the cross-Canada hand-cycling trip Ramesh Ferris launched from Whitehorse on April 10, and from Victoria on April 12 to raise money in the fight against polio.
August 11, 2008
- South Ossetia: a monumental miscalculation LONDON - The war in South Ossetia is essentially over, and the Georgians have lost.
August 8, 2008
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Mic fright turned to stage and camera fright That's cool. Real cool.
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The best advice: follow the North Star Ed. note: Thirty-five-year Yukoner Dawn Kostelnik and her husband, Rick Cousins, bought the Audrey Eleanor in July 2003 in Prince Rupert, B.C., refitted it and took it to Haines, Alaska in 2004.
- Sima's survival is a worthwhile cause There comes a time where common sense and pragmatism must triumph over lingering philosophical reservations.
August 7, 2008
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Polio campaign reaches Hogtown Ed. note: this is an update on the cross-Canada hand-cycling trip Ramesh Ferris launched from Whitehorse on April 10, and from Victoria on April 12 to raise money in the fight against polio.