WHYS: 20 Nov 09: Should France and Ireland have a rematch?
Do you want France to agree to a rematch with Ireland? And should its captain and talisman Thierry Henry have admitted that he used his hand to help score the winning goal?
WHYS: 19 November: Is corruption just a way of life?
The annual report rating corruption is out - New Zealand and Denmark are at the top of the list, at the bottom, Somalia and Afghanistan. When corruption is such a part of every day life in so many countries , how can you go about stamping it out?
WHYS: 18 Nov 09: Are our children's multi-media lives good for them?
Do our children spend too long looking at one screen or another? Wherever you are, kids in your family will be spending more and more time consuming and interacting through a tv, a phone or a computer. Do you see this as a problem? Or is it aiding their development? A leading researcher has claimed that television is making the world a better place. In the mean time a row has broken out over whether enough is done to stop bullying on social networking websites. So is the ever-increasing...
WHYS: Why do some Americans hate President Obama
If you go to IhateObama.com you can buy a T-shirt which reads 'Anti- Christ 08' with a picture of Obama with devil horns or a bumper sticker that reads 'BO stinks'. Security forces claim that there are 3 or 4 times more death threats than there ever was against Bush. So, is this hatred unprecedented? Or is it no different to how the left treated Bush?
WHYS: What do government apologies achieve?
Australia has said sorry for the abuse of hundreds of thousands of children in state care. After years of campaigning, some of those affected say it is crucial to their recovery. But when apologies come from people with no direct responsibility for the actions which caused the harm, do they still have meaning?
WHYS: Should you be open about your mental illness?
Fri, Nov 13
After the suicide of Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, and the moving account his widow has given about his battle against depression, you're discussing if being open with friends and colleagues about mental health problems, is the best thing to do. Is their a risk that rather than support, misunderstanding and discrimination may come your way?
WHYS: 31 Mar 09: The G174
Two days to go til the g20 and we've a summit of our own -- the G174 summit -- a gathering for all those countries who weren't invited to help reshape the world's economy.
WHYS: 13 March 2009, Why are there so many Climate Change deniers in teh wo
The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the UN two years ago are already being realised,Yet still individuals and countries around the world are failing to do enough to try to reverse the effects.Do you feel you're doing enough?
WHYS: 24 Feb: Has Guantanamo proved its worth?
Slowly but surely Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay is closing. British resident Binyam Mohamed became the latest inmate to leave this week and within a year, at President Obama's request, the facility will be closed. Seven years since it was created, you're debating if Camp Delta has proved its worth? Or did it only success in bringing disgrace to America and creating more enemies of the West...
WHYS: 19 Dec 08 A four state solution in the Middle East?
On the day that the Hamas ceasefire ends leading British commentator Jonathan Freedland argues there may be a different way of looking at the Middle East problem ; never mind a two state solution, isn't it a 4 state problem ?
WHYS: 18 Dec 08 Are there countries the world doesn't care about?
On the day the UN contacts 50 nations to ask them to send a force into Somalia and only two say they will help should we just accept that there are some countries the rest of the world simply doesn't care about ?
WHYS: 26th November 2008: Should we be snooping on our neighbours?
Yesterday a man was given 25 life sentences for repeatedly raping his two daughters over more than two decades, and fathering nine children by them. So what is going wrong with society that allows these crimes to go undetected for so long?