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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought April 30, 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... Silent Tsunami by Bilal Randeree on April 30th, 2008 I calculated that my flight from London to Italy for the Human Rights Film Festival resulted in 0.340 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The flight to Dubai was 1.259 tonnes, and then another 0.130 tonnes to get to Qatar for the Aljazeera Documentary Festival... Alternative healing under fire by Bruce Cohen on April 29th, 2008 Burrow through a copy of your favourite daily newspaper's classifieds section these days and you'll stare into the abyss of alternative "healing". Herbalist Prince Fahad Mama Farida wants to sell you a magic stick that will make you rich in seven ... You can tell me what you like: Rosemarie Fritzl knew by Michael Trapido on April 29th, 2008 Like everyone else I'm reading everything and anything on the Austrian father, Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children. Unbelievable - beats anything I've seen as a criminal attorney. Yet one thing kee... The role of the blogger by Bridget McNulty on April 29th, 2008 Now here's something I'd like to hash out a bit. What is the role of the blogger? There are enough blogs out there writing about intensely personal day-to-day stuff to suggest that the role of the blog is nothing more than an online Dear Diary.... Do South Africans have a 'loser' mentality? by David Saks on April 29th, 2008 "Yaapies" is how the Australian writer Malcolm Knox referred to South African cricketers in his 2005 novel Adult Book. Some may take exception to this, but it has to be acknowledged that he also manages to sum up very neatly what is wrong not jus... Food inflation: lessons from India by Ivo Vegter on April 29th, 2008 The current rise in food prices is very, very dangerous. Not because food will be more expensive, but because chances are the government will intervene to prevent this. The unions in South Africa have already called for a food price freeze. This m... The chief with Taiwanese blood and politainment by Ndumiso Ngcobo on April 29th, 2008 One of the reasons I have steadfastly steered clear of writing about politics (if you ignore my alarming ignorance on politics) is because I find politics excruciatingly boring. I'd rather spend eighteen hours a day picking prickly pears without gl... A braai with my chommies by Bridget McNulty on April 29th, 2008 I've often driven past communal braaiing spots and wondered what kind of a person goes to all the effort of transporting braai paraphernalia to a public spot. Yesterday I found out. We had a braai in Tokai Forest and it was simply delightful. O... Hillary and the happy ending by Jonathan Berger on April 29th, 2008 It's time to come clean. Against my better judgment, I think I may have had a soft spot for Hillary. Just a few weeks ago, I dreamt that the two of us were walking hand--in--hand. She was unusually charming. I was feeling guilty for not support... Skewering stereotypes about child support grants by Guy Berger on April 28th, 2008 Sunday's City Press saw a column by deputy editor Lizeka Mda who repeated her standing antipathy to government grants for child support. In the past, she's argued that if her tax money is encouraging girls to have babies, at least they should... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za