Just in case you thought times have changed, China was one of the countries vetoing a UN resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s resignation in hopes that the bloodshed that has so far claimed thousands of innocent lives will stop.

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.