Beyond the Rhetoric

Every Wednesday, I gather together a collection of blog posts from around the Internet. This week’s selection roughly focuses on the broad subject of summer. There should be a little something for everyone here. We start out with our friend Raul Pacheco, who participated in the mainstream media game at Five Hole for Food 2011. [...]

Whether you run your own business or you have a telecommuting arrangement with your employer, you may have considered setting up a home office. Maybe you already have one. Whatever the case, there is one very big decision that you’ll need to make: where is the office going to be? While there are certainly all [...]

I’ve always been a fan of Marty Beckerman’s brand of comedy. Although I thought he was crude and immature with Generation S.L.U.T., and insightful but brash in Dumbocracy, he’s always been able to put a smile on my face. Then, he told me that he had a new book, asking if I would like to [...]

“Fear is just a state of mind, but so is mad cow disease.” I thought about doing something serious or thought-provoking for this week’s snippet, but my brain needs to take a bit of a rest. Then, I realized that comedy and relaxation need not exclude the provocation of thought. You might recall the Sunday [...]

It’s a discussion that pops up from time to time: does it make sense (cents?) to stop production of the penny. The one-cent coin is virtually worthless, for most intents and purposes, so why do we keep making it? Canadians might remember the story that came out about a week ago, saying that Finance Minister [...]