Beyond the Rhetoric

An interested topic was raised during last week’s Dot Com Pho that never made it into the video. Aaron Koo reminded all of us that morals and ethics are all subjective, because being ethical simply means staying true to your values. We all may beg to differ, but based on this definition, Aaron stated that [...]

One letter can mean all the difference. We’ve already seen this in word pairs like canon and cannon, so let’s add another pair to the list: adverse and averse. These two words are both adjectives and they appear to have somewhat related meanings, but they are not at all interchangeable. Yes, they both have a [...]

This is a very hectic week for me, so I don’t need to take any lessons about keeping busy. Even so, there are some great posts in this week’s roundup that can help you make the most of the hours that you do have. Let’s get started. Kicking things off is Bob Buskirk, who has [...]

What happens when you take a pretty typical movie formula, but throw a cultural wrench into the fray? That’s effectively what you get with Breakaway, a movie that was originally titled Speedy Singhs. A group of Indo-Canadians in suburban Toronto form a hockey team in a small time league, because they can’t gain any acceptance [...]

As a professional writer, you could say that I have a vested interest in the future of the book publishing industry. After all, I’ve already co-authored a book that is available both in paper and digital form. There are different schools of thought when it comes to discussing the future of the physical paper book. [...]