Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

People betrayed these animals! Eight dogs were due to be euthanized April 4. Six of these dogs were fortunate to have been saved (not by the original 'master', I may add).
Gwynne Dyer The end of the War on Terror' LONDON The 'Axis of Good' is starting to crumble.

Presenting the bare facts on staying safe in bear season The spring bear hunt is now in full swing in the Yukon Territory as of April 15.
Vibrant new sums, the same forgotten people We beg to differ with some opposition MLAs' declaration that the $862-million territorial budget tabled Thursday lacks vision.
Yukon Energy shouldn't be blinded by enthusiasm Albert Enstien would probably have winced at the intracies of public utilities; with their LOLE equations, set next to the N-1 charts and graphs used to predict load requirements, while testing reliability, in conjunction with the need for more capacity, versus depreciation of existing assets if X = 2.

Gwynne Dyer Gun control: still a dead issue in the U.S. LONDON You can imagine lots of countries where a candidate for the presidency might lie about owning a gun so as not to alienate the voters. Only in the United States would he lie and say he does own a gun when he doesn't.
Allan Fotheringham Let's shed the shackles of being a colony We have, as we know, this tremulous political situation in this immature nation, a minority government that doesn't know whether to risk an election in hopes of a majority. And three Opposition parties that bluff, but don't dare to go that route either.

Uffish Thoughts Block funding review is a scary proposition DAWSON CITY One of the best pieces of news at the last Dawson council meeting was the announcement that the town's administration had had to rework the 2007 budget. Suddenly, the town had more money than it had expected it was going to have.

This article portrayed doctors unfairly As those of you who have followed my column for a few years know, I have not hesitated to criticize the medical establishment when I perceived a problem with patient care. It might therefore come as a surprise to you that I will do quite the opposite in this column.
Major issues merit a voice for everyone When a city contemplates a development/green space plan that could swell its population by almost 50 per cent, should a vast proportion of its residents be shut out of a vote on the matter?

Allan Fotheringham Early candidates are all wearing millstones The greatest puzzlement of this spring season is that no one seems to want to be the most powerful person on Earth. That being, of course, the resident of the White House.

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