Snacks for Thought: June 28, 2009

Snacks for thought is a weekly round-up of thought-provoking news, commentaries and opinions.

1. Want to be a professional 'threat-mongerer'? Find out how here.
2. U.S. consumers: from the 'paradox of gluttony' to the 'paradox of thrift?'
3. The 'relativity' of freedom.
4. Forget paint-ball, this is the real deal!
5. For great powers, Central Asia is a femme fatal; so seductive it kills.