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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought August 19, 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... They call it trash talking, but it is plain old arrogance, bravado and a (customary) lack of humility by Ismail Lagardien on August 19th, 2008 The Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva yesterday got the Olympic gold and a world record and Jenn Stuczynski of the United States got the silver and a lesson in humility ... "I hope we do some damage," she [US athlete said], "and, you kn... Taxi industry -- organised cartels of hooligans by Sentletse Diakanyo on August 18th, 2008 The 1920s is best portrayed by the collapse of lawlessness plagued the US cities of Chicago and New York – much to the doing of arguably the world's best know criminal: Al Capone and the rival gangs of Bugs Moran. The era of prohibition of the 19... Beauty doesn't win rugby games by Ariel Goldberg on August 18th, 2008 It's not all bad, or all black, after the exceptionally disappointing 19-0 defeat against New Zealand on Saturday. Our team still managed to put together a number of very good-looking plays that saw us on the verge of a try many times throughout t... A solution to DVD late fees: by Bridget McNulty on August 18th, 2008 Yes, there are many large and difficult problems we all have to face each day. But in the face of all these problems, wouldn't it be nice to eradicate the small, irritating ones? Like DVD late fees? And having to drive to the DVD store to pick up a... Millennia,moves and memories by Jenny Goodrick on August 18th, 2008 I love listening to my Millennia tape in the traffic. In fact, it's the only tape I have in my car. This upbeat Soweto String Quartet collection lifts my spirits as I travel the city. I know why Madiba votes them his favourite musicians. Yet, my... Sisyphus in Ikea by Sarah Britten on August 18th, 2008 An alternative title to this entry could just as well have been Vladimir and Estragon in Ikea, but it wouldn't have had quite the same ring to it. And technically, neither Sisyphus nor Waiting for Godot are perfectly analogous to my situation. But I ... Zimbabwe: forget the crap what about the aid agencies? by Michael Trapido on August 18th, 2008 While the negotiations between the major parties on Zimbabwe's future are ongoing, I have specifically avoided giving any commentary. This is being done to afford the negotiators every chance of succeeding while giving Zimbabwe's starving masses the ... South African sjamboks Sydney gatecrashers! by Sarah Britten on August 18th, 2008 My Sunday morning -- the highlight of which otherwise was the purchase of a laundry basket -- was considerably enlivened by the sight of this story in the Sun-Herald. I'll bet that every South African in Sydney is talking about Dion Driman, an el... Absolute Swazi monarchy also a blot in SADC by Sentletse Diakanyo on August 18th, 2008 Chief Lucas Mangope, of the erstwhile homeland of Bophuthatswana, once told a story about his childish indiscretions while wandering home, barefoot, through a watermelon field after a parched day tending sheep and cattle. Like all fallible humans... We are struggling to understand by Azad Essa on August 18th, 2008 We are the middle children of history, He said Ours is that dislocation between spirit and identity faith and question integrity and fascination We are the middle children of history, He said ... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za