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Does John Terry deserve to remain as England Captain?

The captain of a team, especially the national football team needs to be seen as upstanding and without fault. He has to have good relations with all the members of the team, and to be trusted by the team in order to be a good leader. Does Terry deserve to still be trusted and respected by his t...more...

The US should not cut back its space program.

In the midst of Americas ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the need to provide a large stimulus package to get the economy back into shape the US is running up a huge budget deficit. In order to shave a bit off this deficit it has been decided to drastically scale back the space program a...more...

Religious freedom should come before equality.

Pope Benedict XVI has criticised the equality bill going through parliament for violating natural law. In forcing through equality in employment for gay people the legislation imposes “unjust limitations on the freedom of religious communities to act in accordance with their beliefs.” In a clash ...more...

The US is right to revert to a more hard line stance on Iran?

Diplomacy has been given its chance in Iran and has been spurned by the Iranians. So now after a year of reaching out the United States is returning to the more confrontational policy of G.W. Bush. However that policy equally did not have much success while he was in office and there is little re...more...

Do men find it harder to raise a child from their partners previous relationship than women?

Traditionally women are considered better with children. Stereotypically they will love and raise a child whether there is a biological connection or not. Men, however, are seen as a little reluctant unless the child is theirs. Yet, nowadays with divorce rates rising and teenage pregnancy still f...more...

Areas that are particularly vulnerable to climate change should be abandoned.

Throughout human history civilisation has been created where humans can best survive; areas that are fertile and productive for farming. When there is a major natural disaster, desertification, a settlement is lost to the sea, or a river moves we abandon the settlement and move to somewhere safer...more...

Is it acceptable that the £1.5bn pledged to fight climate change by the UK will come mainly from ...

Governments have promised to put aside new money to fight climate change. Activists have stated that they want all money put aside for climate change to be new and not just old money that has been shifted around. But, with governments trying to save money, it is more likely that the money used to...more...

John Terry's injunction against the publishing of his affair should have been upheld

Details of John Terry's alleged affair with Vanessa Perroncel (fellow England player Wayne Bridge's former girlfriend) received a temporary injunction from a court of England only for the injunction to be withdrawn eight days later. The argument is between Article 8 the right to privacy and Artic...more...

The Acai berry phenomenon is all a bunch of hype

There are hundreds of websites and Youtube videos endorsing the use of Acai berry supplements to lose dramatic amounts of weight. Are all/most of these endorsements scams mooching off of false propaganda? more...

Psychological illnesses at home are disproportionately worse than at college/school

At home even a short period of illness is exaggerated to the maximum; one is scarred for life by the constant chatter and judgement of one’s condition, there is no privacy, no confidentiality and the drama never ends. In-house shrinks at colleges and schools respect confidentiality and the studen...more...