By Alan Cassels
When you have been looking at the drug industry for as long as I have, examining the way diseases and pharmaceuticals are marketed, packaged, and pitched to doctors and patients, nothing much surprises you anymore.

A private member’s bill tabled recently in Canada’s Parliament, which calls for the formal prosecution of all persons who deface monuments honouring Canada’s war dead, is long overdue.

By Todd Hirsch
At a certain point in almost every team sport, there comes a point at which the play is passed. The right-winger sets up the shot, but the centre scores the goal. The quarterback makes the pass, but it is the offensive tackle who stops the other team from blocking that pass.

I owe Jack Layton an apology. While the country continues to eulogize him for his many years of selfless public life I must admit I never cared for the man. It is not from personal experience that I made this judgement but rather from an ever growing cynicism about anything political.