Beyond the Rhetoric

Sometimes, I take these What’s Up Wednesdays posts toward one specific topic. Other times, like today, I just gather an eclectic mix of blog posts that happened to catch my eye, sharing them with Beyond the Rhetoric readers. This weekly speedlink session is one of the ways that I try to give back to the [...]

If you were following me on Twitter over the weekend, you may have noticed the somewhat quiet launch of a new MichaelKwan.com design. Up until now, that root domain would point toward my main freelance writing business and then this blog would be located at btr.michaelkwan.com. Beyond the Rhetoric is staying where it is, but [...]

While the title of this post may sound grammatically awkward, this is not another edition of Grammar 101. Instead, we’re taking a look at a rather unconventional business strategy that may not sound perfectly viable from the get-go. As counterintuitive as it may sound, you can run a very successful business by working to help [...]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Although I never really got into the comic books, X-Men was easily one of my most treasured childhood cartoons. As with most of the other kids at the time, Wolverine was my favorite character, so imagine my excitement when I heard about X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This prequel to the first three X-Men [...]

It’s ironic, really, when you stop to think about it. Given that our society is one that is increasingly one bent on instant gratification, why is it that we are also very likely to find procrastination at every turn? We want everything and we want it right now, but we are also inclined to keep [...]