Michael Jackson lost his status as a youth icon when he tried methods to change his skin colour. Then being accused of child sex abuse didn't do his image any better. The sale of Neverland meant that he lost a major part of the MJ brand.

Maybe yes. Penalizing might help especially the poor employees who can't afford insurance premiums or high medical bills that fat people have to foot for a myriad of diseases. But there should be incentives too for people who seriously try to get rid of...

There is no way Russia would heed to any US warning on Georgia. Russia knows very well that Americans are paper tigers. The Georgian capital Tbilisi is close to South Ossetia and if a full scale Russian invasion takes place the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan...

Lewis Waters: A strong third party in the United States political scene is a pipe dream actually. Then there is the issue of having a credible candidate. The Dallas billionaire Ross Perot is largely seen as a maverick. Then the Reform Party that he...

Civilians are the worst sufferers in a war. Civilians have died before and civilians will continue to die in conflicts more than the combatants. The conflicts that you pointed out where a large number of civilians died were and are being fought in...