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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought May 14, 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... Showdown at OK Corral... well, E249, New Assembly wing. by Alison Tilley on May 13th, 2008 I am often baffled by what makes the news and what doesn't. I mean let's just assume for argument's sake, we have a showdown between the longstanding chair of a legislative committee, and a member of the executive. Oh well, ok, it was Chauke an... The changing misfortunes of Burma by Khadija Sharife on May 13th, 2008 "The energy (to do) dissipates." Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, December 21st, 2007 (In reference to lack of response by the UN Security Council, the US and the international community) The love affair between Condi and Chevron is world ... No time left for anger by Charlene Smith on May 13th, 2008 It's often those who are dying that appreciate life most. They get news of a terminal illness and suddenly everything comes into focus, that niggling issue is really not important, that unfulfilled dream becomes a regret, it's easier to forgive ... A mother of two nations by Sandile Memela on May 13th, 2008 I was feeling black and blue on Mother's Day because I am, now, motherless. My mother, Nomali is dead. For the first time in many years, I spent Mother's Day without her. My soul felt so empty that I could not even bring myself to take flo... Xenophobia? I see a bad moon rising by Michael Trapido on May 13th, 2008 South Africans have in the past always prided themselves on being gracious hosts to the many tourists and people from around the world who choose this country as their destination for a holiday, or even a place to live. Currently, however, we are wit... SACSIS – Telling the quiet story of social justice by Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen on May 13th, 2008 Whose reality counts? The Chief Economist of Very Large Bank in South Africa had just argued that 'a food crisis was a direct result of improving living conditions'. I wanted to hurl a copy of Das Kapital across the airways hitting his talking he... Is it only me, or has economic news stagnated? by Arthur Goldstuck on May 13th, 2008 Is it only me, or has the media's leverage of technology allowed its coverage of economic news to stagnate? The technology is now available to plug so many automated feeds into tracking of daily market indicators that the people responsible for econo... Iran and the masters of war by Chris Rodrigues on May 13th, 2008 On 21 April 2008, the American Defence Secretary Robert Gates, told the West Point Military Academy's cadets that they could expect "years of persistent, engaged combat all around the world" for -- note well -- "there are no exit strategies�... The need for a College of Ideas by Bert Olivier on May 12th, 2008 Since the late 1960s Western culture –- and the rest of the world's cultures were not far behind –- has increasingly moved into a phase commonly referred to as 'postmodernity'. To be able to operate in this cultural environment in an in... Gordon Brown and the Labour of love by Michael Trapido on May 12th, 2008 British prime minister Gordon Brown, having just led his party to its worst local election's showing in 40 years, witnessed its most dire polling since records began in the 1930s and having had a brief glimpse of what the Cherie Blair and John Presco... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za