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November 6, 2007
- Keeping an eye on the bottom line DAWSON CITY The question of the week seems to be this: should we be worried that the premier of the Yukon apparently has no idea how much money he is making?
November 5, 2007
- GWYNNE DYER Term limits are a nuisance to the ambitious LONDON If you have a high enough opinion of yourself to want to be president in the first place, you probably think that term limits are a stupid nuisance.
November 4, 2007
- GWYNNE DYER Telling the truth about big oil LONDON If a diplomat is 'an honest man sent abroad to lie for the good of his country' (Sir Henry Wotton, 1612), then oil industry executives used to be the business world's equivalent of diplomats.
November 1, 2007
- I'm setting denial aside and keeping warm My nose has taken just about all it can take. So have my ears and my hands.
- One heck of a pay raise and wholly justified Would anyone in the private sector be assigned the task of overseeing a $914-million annual budget but be paid a base wage of $38,985 per year?
October 31, 2007
- GWYNNE DYER The Indo-U.S. Alliance: the wheels fall off LONDON Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's response made perfectly good sense.
- BRUCE WHITESTONE Stock market judgment depends on the criteria Is the stock market overvalued?
October 30, 2007
- Answering an unfortunate social need '(Youth) are sleeping on snowbanks and picnic tables, and it's breaking our hearts. If they have a drunk parent, or threats of violence from parents, they won't go home.'