Beyond the Rhetoric

I’ve still got a little catching up to do when it comes to these movie reviews. As you may or may not know, I made a promise to myself at the beginning of 2007 that I would review every movie that I saw on Beyond the Rhetoric. Seeing how that went reasonably well, the trend [...]

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games are set to take place in Beijing next month, but most of the hype leading up to the monumental two weeks of action has little to do with the athletic competitions themselves. Instead, we find newspapers filled with stories about potential protests, human rights violations, and the brutal censorship of [...]

Around the southern end of Main Street in Vancouver, you’ll come across the Punjabi Market. Around the northern end of Main Street, you’ll be surrounded by Chinatown. In the middle, stretching from Mount Pleasant to the Queen Elizabeth Park area, is a neighborhood that is getting increasingly trendy. You’ll find all sorts of interesting eateries, [...]

It’s time once again for our weekly tour of the blogosphere, so instead of rambling on with an introduction that doesn’t lead anywhere, I’ll just get right down to the business at hand. And yes, you can read these for pleasure. Perhaps one of the biggest stories this week is the one that involves the [...]

One of the major reasons why some people choose to embark on a career in freelance writing is that it can offer a fair bit of freedom. Without any set working hours or a direct boss who can dictate which days you must work, a freelancer has the opportunity to adjust his hours as he [...]