Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

The Liberals will try to defeat the Tories When the last federal election resulted in a minority government, there were those pundits who feared that politics would be boring until the next election. As it turned out, those fears were unfounded.
We shall remember we must never forget The epoch of the 20th century will have historians write the passage of the Great Wars.
We're in the money or are we? DAWSON CITY We have reached that point in the post-election timeline where the incoming party has had time to look at the books and to discover horrors! that the outgoing party has mismanaged our financial affairs and misstated the amount of money remaining to work with.
Suddenly, it's all about social initiatives Premier Dennis Fentie might as well have borrowed from the theme of that great democrat to the south and wandered the territory admonishing, 'It's social issues, stupid.'

Allan Fotheringham On the final ballot: Iggy and Kennedy No one can understand why the Liberals, Our Natural Governing Party, have been so stupid as to arrange a leadership contest that has lasted nine whole months and as a result has bored everyone to tears.

Gwynne Dyer The truth about political gaffes LONDON A 'gaffe' is a true statement that outrages the hypocrites, who then mobilize to shut the truth-teller up.

Gwynne Dyer The lynching of Saddam Hussein LONDON Occasionally, like any doomed man, Saddam Hussein played with the notion of a last-minute reprieve.

An inflated cabinet feeds inflated expectations Premier Dennis Fentie has constructed a cabinet that can't help but give rise to keen anticipation from the people it will serve, especially those who gave his party their confidence in last month's election.
Maybe I'll leave that headlight broken .... Chicken Little said, 'The sky is falling!'

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