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Unsubscribe | Suggest to a friend | Email the editor The Daily Thought September 5, 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... A paler shade of white by Jonathan Berger on September 5th, 2008 I agree with John McCain that "we can't turn a blind eye to aggression and international lawlessness". There. I've said it. Bite me. Unfortunately, however, the Republican candidate for president was talking about Russia's exploits in G... The Law of Escalation -- knowing when the jig is up. by Ndumiso Ngcobo on September 5th, 2008 So I'm watching the news last night and I see that the case involving Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata is still dragging on. What I found even more intriguing is when the newsreader mentions, in passing, that this whole mess emanates from an ac... Cosatu's devious incitement of anarchy and carnage by Sentletse Diakanyo on September 5th, 2008 "This very weekend, I received urgent warnings that the ANC has decided to abduct two of my children and to kill them … it was a serious warning, urgently given … I don't know the truth of it … there are certain elements in the ANC quite capabl... Dead man walking in Shangri-la by Bruce Cohen on September 4th, 2008 For some time now I have been methodically cleaning up my lifestyle as my body has become less forgiving of abuse and more demanding of consideration. There were clear warning signs popping up all over the place: age-spots (free radical damage) on my... Are all racist scum equal? by Sarah Britten on September 4th, 2008 "A R10 000 reward has been offered to anyone who identifies the racist scum who marred Saturday's Springbok victory at Johannesburg's Ellis Park." It was an opening paragraph designed to attract attention and it certainly caught mine. I wa... Palin and the dawning of the age of the super vice-president by Michael Trapido on September 4th, 2008 As many of you may be aware the Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain has had four bouts of cancer and is 72 years of age, which, if he is successful, would make him the oldest first-term president in US history. With this in mind the p... We're not in Wasilla anymore, Sarah by Jonathan Berger on September 4th, 2008 You just have to love the irony of it all, notwithstanding the unbelievable spin that would have made Goebbels proud. Mrs Family Values, John McRage's somewhat quirky running mate, has a pregnant teenage daughter. Now just because I was chaste... Carefully explaining to Chinese in Shanghai what it meant to grow up in the old South Africa by Rod MacKenzie on September 3rd, 2008 'I was brought up on the back of a black woman,' I said to my dumbfounded audience. I pointed to the picture on the screen in my power point presentation. It showed a black woman with a traditional African kaross on her back, in which was sleepin... A young white Afrikaner on reconciliation and transformation by Reader Blog on September 3rd, 2008 Submitted by Marius Redelinghuys During the first session of the South African Association of Political Studies annual conference at Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre, Dr Sally Matthews (Rhodes University) touched on the subject of Reconciliati... Savouring the mutual pleasures of the forbidden fruit by Sentletse Diakanyo on September 2nd, 2008 I was sitting on the garden under the cool shade of a tree; the tree branches were dancing to the wind; birds were singing a soothing melody; dry leave were falling on my head and beside, heralding the coming of winter. I was having an appointment wi... Read More on Thoughtleader.co.za