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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 8, 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... Let's put our breasts together for ... by Reader Blog on April 8th, 2008 Submitted by Claire Baker I'm surprised no one else has written about this topic. Perhaps it is too trivial, or perhaps our contributors have been momentarily distracted by what the day has to offer. I'm even more surprised to find myself writing ... Mbeki outwitted Mugabe by Reader Blog on April 8th, 2008 Submitted by Takwana Makaya Quiet diplomacy was seen as a failure, but it also was a venomous snakebite that left Zanu-PF splattered into pieces, divided and with nowhere to hide. If President Thabo Mbeki forced Uncle Bob to adopt radical chan... Paul McCartney and the sexagenarian syndrome by Ndumiso Ngcobo on April 8th, 2008 I have no feelings one way or the other about Sir Paul McCartney. By the time I was born the whole narcotics-induced hysteria around The Beatles had died down somewhat and I only read about it retrospectively. As a matter of fact, I have no feelings ... Tepid peppermint wonderland by Lisa van Wyk on April 7th, 2008 In Durban, it's always green. In summer, in spring, in autumn, even in winter when the rest of the world dries out to become a dull, brownish grey. It's also never really cold. Even the chilliest nights pale in comparison to some of the cooler nights... The day after Mugabe: What then? What now? by Mandela Rhodes Scholars on April 7th, 2008 Submitted by Bryony Green "We hope the transition will be a peaceful one, relatively peaceful, and that Mr Mugabe will step down with dignity, gracefully." -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu, in his uncompromised integrity, has continually... I read You magazine by Bridget McNulty on April 7th, 2008 There! I said it! Scandalous, isn't it? Only, that "read" is past tense. Read. I read it, once, last week. And admittedly, the only reason I bought it was because my novel, Strange Nervous Laughter, was favourably reviewed in it (how's that for fa... Sometimes I wish Mugabe were dead by Khaya Dlanga on April 7th, 2008 Does that make me a bad person? I know that one does not say these things in polite company. Even in less-than-polite company, I suppose. But I do wish he would die of old age and not wake up in the morning. I think it would be better for him and for... Ten places I'd sooner live than have a green card by Tony Jackman on April 6th, 2008 The way America touts its green card about the world and around the internet in "green-card lotteries", as if we were all desperate to live in the US, gives me the zig. What is it about the "American Way" that is so off-putting? Is it the way Amer... Stick to your guns, Mr Tsvangirai, for the sake of Zimbabwe and Africa by Michael Trapido on April 6th, 2008 If ever a country and a continent needed one man to display superhuman courage and fortitude, then that country is Zimbabwe and that man is Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. Victory in Zimbabwe's presidential election, undiluted by side-deals and concession... Pregnant man turn your stomach? Have a peep at Thomas by Michael Trapido on April 5th, 2008 Hawaiian native Thomas Beatie, formerly a woman who underwent gender reassignment surgery but retained his reproductive organs, is now expecting a child. Mazeltov! May you only know simchas. I can only imagine the nachos of raising a daughter, mar... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za