Beyond the Rhetoric

The Mountain Thief (2010) Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. I was there for three films: two shorts and one feature-length. All three were centered around Filipino culture and concerns, but they approached entirely different subjects. One talked about the plight of a live-in nanny who is finally [...]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In [...]

While it is certainly true that when you make more money, you likely also spend more money, I think most of us would agree that it would be a good problem to have. With that in mind, today’s speedlink is completely focused on the almighty dollar. Money might not buy you happiness, but it can [...]

Did you remember to set your clocks back one hour this past weekend? If you didn’t, you were probably late for work on Monday (assuming you have some kind of regular work schedule). Yes, twice a year, we have to adjust our clocks either forward or back for what is known as Daylight Savings Time. [...]

There’s something that irks me about the term “disposable income.” It seems to imply that I have an extra money lying around that I could just as easily toss into the trash bin. It sounds like this disposable income is something for you to throw away. Most people would likely agree that, no matter how [...]