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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought March 26, 2008, 11:15 am Get 15% discount on books All Thought Leader newsletter subscribers receive a 15% discount on books ordered from the Exclusive Books website. Simply go to the order form and use the Thought Leader promo code MGT1. Buy Books... A man who helped me dream by Kanthan Pillay on March 26th, 2008 "Having done several thousand interviews in all media, I'm now completely fed up with talking (even about myself). Everything anyone needs to know will be found in my own writings ... " February 8 1999 It's a sweltering day in what is definitely... ANCYL and the tale of the fabled small print by The Sumo on March 26th, 2008 * Not for sale to persons under the age of 18 * There has never been a more redundant piece of small print than the one stated above and which forms a neglected part of the artwork panels for labels of alcoholic beverages in marketing-agency work-... And the anti-coconut parents descended upon the sandwich platter ... by Ndumiso Ngcobo on March 25th, 2008 If you had told me that South Africans were passionate about their constitutional right to call each other by derogatory terms, I would have told you to put the blunt down or pass it along coz you're clearly smoking potent stuff. If you had told ... Militant atheism, wicked untruths from the church or the island of Dr Moreau? by Michael Trapido on March 25th, 2008 In November 2007, in an effort to update the laws on fertility treatment and embryo research, the British government introduced the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Key proposals in the Bill are: ensuring that all human embryos outside ... Racists (accidentally) admit the inherent equality of all people by Christi van der Westhuizen on March 25th, 2008 Reading the responses to my last blog, one can only wonder if honest introspection is at all possible in this society, rent as it is by greed and bigotry. An anonymous little letter landed on my desk the other day. It was a photocopy of a book exc... Energy-crisis myths, misrepresentations and fallacies by Reader Blog on March 25th, 2008 Submitted by Bryan Hadfield Much of the recent reporting on the Eskom crisis is based on a poor understanding of the true nature of the energy problems and what would constitute useful responses from the public. Half-truths, disingenuous excuses, ... The Scorpions: No good deed goes unpunished by Khaya Dlanga on March 25th, 2008 In politics, transparency, I believe, is when a politician tells you enough for you to think that he has told you everything there is to know. If I had something to hide, I would certainly want the Scorpions to be disbanded; make no mistake about it.... My Coke Fest 2008 report by Bridget McNulty on March 25th, 2008 I spent most of yesterday milling around with the many thousands of other people who turned up en masse for the Cape Town leg of My Coke Fest. How was it? In a word, fantastic. Here's why: I've been to many a music festival and although I lo... MyEnergy: A tool for powerless South Africa by Erik Hersman on March 24th, 2008 That's a powerful image of Africa's most advanced country... Power outages in South Africa has had everyone up in arms for the past couple weeks. A simple search on M&G, The Times or Thought Leader will give you its history and interestin... Between antagonism and ambivalence: Russia-China relations by Israel Rafalovich on March 24th, 2008 For decades the antagonism between Russia and China was a constant of international politics. Such mutual relations tend to be marked by ambivalence. With hardly any other country has Russia fostered contacts with such intensity as with China. ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za