Beyond the Rhetoric

Every Wednesday, I gather up a number of blog posts from around the Internet that I feel are worth sharing with the Beyond the Rhetoric community. Most of these are sourced from my own Google Reader habits, but I also ask for submissions via Twitter too. If you want to be included in a future [...]

A very important day is upon us and it will affect many people from many different walks of life. What better way to celebrate Canada Day on July 1st than to introduce another tax? It doesn’t get much more Canadian than that, right? If you live in the provinces of Ontario or British Columbia, you’ll [...]

One of the biggest reasons why I love Vancouver is its ethnic diversity and its embracing of this ethnic diversity. We have restaurants featuring cuisine from all around the world and festivals to celebrate these different cultures too. Such was the case yesterday when I took in the sights and sounds at Greek Day Vancouver [...]

“I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you`re in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.” He may have had some questionable indiscretions with some co-workers, but Bob Barker is widely [...]

We live in an international economy. A Japanese company can have its head office in America, its manufacturing plant in Brazil, and its primary call center in Pakistan. That’s just the way it is and, as such, companies need to invest both time and money in ensuring that they are communicating effectively across cultural and [...]