Beyond the Rhetoric

The auto industry is begging for bailout money from the government. Many companies are desperately looking for ways to stay afloat, cutting costs wherever possible. What does this recession really mean for the average freelance writer, designer, or consultant? Does the downturn in the economy have the same effect on the small business owner as [...]

Like a lot of other people, I grew up knowing it as Chinese New Year. This is when I’d anxiously await the lucky red envelopes from my relatives and the fun festivities in and around Chinatown. I have since learned that it is more appropriate to refer to this occasion as Lunar New Year, because [...]

Quarantine looked like it had a lot of promise. When I first saw the trailers for this horror movie, I actually thought it could be pretty good. A group of seemingly random people get confined inside a building, because there is apparently some kind of unknown threat that authorities don’t want to see get out. [...]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once told us that he had a dream. United States President Barack Obama tells us to believe in hope. These are both very inspiring men with very inspiring words, but are hopes and dreams enough to get the job done? Are they sufficient to bring about the kind of change [...]

If someone says that you are the ultimate blogger, smile and be grateful. If someone calls you the penultimate poker player, don’t take it as a compliment. Although it’s not exactly the most common word in the English language, penultimate is a word that many people misuse on a regular basis. This is understandable, I [...]