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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought August 1, 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... The affirmative-action Kevin Bacon game by Sarah Britten on August 1st, 2008 Back in the 1990s, the internet phenomenon du jour, the lolcat or Rickrolling of its day, was the Kevin Bacon game. Invented by a pair of college students, it was based on the premise of six degrees of separation: Kevin Bacon could be linked to anyo... White is the new black; free the new black oppressed. Viva! by Tony Jackman on July 31st, 2008 I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm starting to like Allan Boesak again. I went off him around about the time that Elna went on him. Thing is, people like me need somebody to stand up for us, just as some of us (yes, whites!) spoke up for the... 301 ways to blow your mind by Bruce Cohen on July 31st, 2008 A record 301 new medicines are being developed for mental illnesses in the United States, according to a report released a few days ago. Wow. A record. Neat, especially as the Olympics are around the corner and records are metaphors for human exce... Three beauty-full sites by Bridget McNulty on July 31st, 2008 So I've been doing some online exploration over the past little while, and happened to stumble across three artists' websites that I think are just lovely. Care for some relaxing Friday web surfing? Yeondoo Jung (www.yeondoojung.com) is a Korean a... The rehabilitation of Allan Boesak by Ryland Fisher on July 31st, 2008 If you closed your eyes or, even with open eyes, let your imagination travel a bit, it could have been a scene from a political rally in the 1980s. Dr Allan Boesak, former United Democratic Front patron, stood triumphantly in front of a crowd in e... Mbeki/Zuma amnesty: it's not always about principles. by Michael Trapido on July 31st, 2008 The Zimbabwe debacle was brought about by an elite who, upon learning that the policies that they propounded were no longer popular to the majority, utilised the constitution, legislative machinery and existing structures of government to decimate th... 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 psychoanalysis 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 ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za