Whitehorse Daily Star: Opinions Archive

Opinions Archive

Let’s work to defeat pharmaceutical crime (Musings) You probably expected another column about politics. That would be tempting, with the Schiff show going on south of our border and Canadian election results begging for comments.
Sufferin’ Succotash! Rapids ahead, Cap’n Silver! (Editorial) “A ssselect committee on electowal refoam? Well, why didn’t you sssay ssso ...?”

Once more into the breech in Dawson City (Uffish Thoughts) The Yukon River in front of Dawson has been frozen across since early on the morning of Remembrance Day.
A violent nation, skidding toward failure, irrelevance “In God we trust.”
Memo to boomers: it’s not OK, in fact (Comment) The week of remembrance gives us pause to recall The Greatest Generation.

A European Germany, not a German Europe (Comment) The fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years ago on Saturday, was one of the best parties I ever went to, and certainly the longest.
Election words – and obscenities aimed at women Political junkies, those enthusiastic about all things political, must be ecstatic about the ongoing electoral drama in this country.
The waters of history point the way to the future (Editoral) Would most Yukoners support a beloved landmark honouring someone whose actions assisted in the historic genocide of American Indigenous tribes in the Great Plains?

Around and around, aiming for characterhood I had a friend in Dawson City who passed away a couple of years ago.
We shall remember; we must never forget The epics of the 20th century will have the history of the great wars.
The quest to define the Speaker’s boundaries (Editorial) It was a time, place and roasting where no Speaker of a legislative chamber would want to tread.

I humbly invite you to do some critical thinking (Musings) Whenever I write one of my columns,
We the people will be the losers for this (Comment) The latest cost saving measure of moving in-house printing to the private sector (Star, Oct. 21, 25) may sound like an innocent and positive financial measure.
Like the nation itself, a territory stands divided (Editorial) He earned almost 11,000 votes four years ago;

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