Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Looking for a little help in the haze DAWSON CITY I can barely see the school from my house this (Tuesday) evening. That's something when it's just past 8 p.m. and the school is just two blocks away.
U.S. could pull us into economic disaster 'I think (trade) issues should stand alone. You take one issue at a time and you work together to find a consensus.' David Wilkins, U.S. Ambassador to Canada (Whitehorse, 08/16/05).
Governor General must eschew partisanship On Aug. 4, Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Micha'lla Jean as Canada's 27th Governor General. While this appointment came as a surprise to even the most astute watchers of Parliament Hill, it seems to have been a prudent one or was it?

The varieties of corruption are unlimited LONDON If you are a politician, there are few more embarrassing experiences than to be caught at an airport with the equivalent of $100,000 stuffed into your underpants.

It's the end of the Middle East calm LONDON Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called for a 'period of calm' when he took over the late Yasser Arafat's job last January. For a while, some people allowed themselves to believe that peace was within reach.

The oil game is becoming complex LONDON 'We ran out of $2 oil in 1973,' said Henry Groppe of Groppe Long and Littel, at 79 the oldest active oil consultant (and one of the most respected) in the business.

Have we a whiff of Uncle Sam hypocrisy? It's disappointing that nearly 60 years after the world first witnessed the use of nuclear weapons on a civilian population, Western leaders� appear to have learned very little from the experience.

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