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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought July 31, 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... Pigs by Andrew Miller on July 31st, 2008 To listen to Jacaranda 94.2 is to step back and across into an alternate dimension -- one where the soundtrack is pure eighties pop. Bizarre. George Michael, Sheena Easton, Marc Alex, Billy Idol ... And then there's Just Plain Darren, erstwhile Super... SA Human rights delegations needed here, Olmert on his way out by Michael Trapido on July 30th, 2008 With South Africa and Zimbabwe overrun with infringements of human rights and abuse, a local human rights delegation elected to travel to Israel to assess the situation there. Local communities are at present subjected to a flagrant disregard for... What makes Batman cool? A psycoanalysis of the man in black tights. by Ariel Goldberg on July 30th, 2008 He jumps around in black tights, sounds like he's being choked by his mask and has 'Bruce' as a first name? How is it that Batman still manages to be cool? Well, as the world's most eminent, non-super superhero he certainly does come off look... On discovering Mongolian pop music by Anja Merret on July 30th, 2008 It is seldom that Mongolia makes the news headlines but it did at the beginning of July. A rare republic in their part of the woods with Russia and China as neighbours, Mongolia's people protested against alleged vote rigging forcing the President ... New Zealand exacts revenge on Australia by Sarah Britten on July 30th, 2008 In a week in which New Zealanders are still smarting from the defeat of the All Blacks in the Bledisloe Cup (during which a South African referee officiated), they do get to at least enjoy something approaching revenge. The Gruen Transfer is a po... Jacob Zuma must not escape prosecution by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 30th, 2008 In 2005 the President of the Republic Thabo Mbeki kicked his deputy Jacobus Zuma to curb. We are all knowledgeable of the circumstances that led to an unceremonious departure of then Deputy President of the Republic; and the shenanigans that followed... Patriotism a swear word for South Africans? by Sentletse Diakanyo on July 30th, 2008 24 June 1995 is a date that is deeply engraved in the memory of sports loving South Africans; a date in which the world officially recognised the arrival of our country as a force in the world arena; a date on which millions, glued to their screens, ... Preaching hatred :"Islam is a puppet religion." by Michael Trapido on July 29th, 2008 South Africans against a backdrop of xenophobia, racist remarks being made freely and without sanction by the chairman of the parliamentary sports portfolio committee and homophobic nonsense from Jon Qwelane, need to intervene immediately and with ve... Is South Africa destined to blow it after all? by David Saks on July 29th, 2008 South Africa's plummeting image internationally must surely be a cause of concern today. This year things have significantly worsened with such new crises as the xenophobia outbreak, power cuts and continuing leadership vacuum in the ruling par... Whatever will be, will be. by Jenny Goodrick on July 29th, 2008 "We don't have all the answers, we really don't," said my friend. It has been an exhausting week. Sorting out the nukes around the world, predicting the outcomes of global politics and then finding something to make for supper. So when my f... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za