Opinion

"Tatooine" is, you will surely agree, a pretty stupid name for a planet, but there are so many Star Wars fans that some unfortunate world is bound to end up being called exactly that.

We're in the homestretch; the blessed end is now in sight. Our nonstop summer of action-packed, sun-kissed, event-filled weekends is coming to an end... almost.

In southeast Finland, lakes don't so much dot the land as streak it.

When we elect people to office, we give them power to make and enact decisions on our behalf. They should have a vision that extends beyond the next election and the latest Dow Jones average — to our children and grandchildren.

Move Israel or Max to Florida? Peace in our time, Part II by GD Maxwell, or Herr Flick to his SS friends, let's move Israel to Florida.

The pervasive and oppressive threat of a wildfire was rammed home this week when Whistlerites awoke to the smell of smoke on Monday morning.

When you're at the apex of a pyramid, the only way off is to either head back down, or find a secret door that takes you into another world. The latter would be the happy case for professional freeride mountain biker Darcy Turenne.

After half a century of stasis, there are big new strategic realities in the Middle East, but people are having trouble getting their heads around them. Take the United States, for example.

Stick to Tiny Town, Max I was pleasantly surprised to see a couple of recent letters clarifying support for Israel's actions in the latest conflict.

Greetings from the mountains of Tennessee and the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists! Now before you inquire after the latter, let's deal with that question-begging "joint meeting.