Beyond the Rhetoric

“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, [...]

I was having a conversation with Tyler Cruz last week and the topic came up of what constitutes intelligence. This has been an area of constant debate among academics for years and I don’t foresee the debate coming to any kind of universally accepted conclusion any time soon. That doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth [...]

“I’m here not because I am supposed to be here or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.” With Valentine’s Day just a couple days away, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight the quote above from Richard Bach, author of The Bridge Across [...]

“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?” Given that I make my living as a freelance writer, it should come as little surprise that I find great pleasure in wordplay. Puns can be fun, but dissecting the [...]

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” Considering that we are still in the middle of celebrations for Lunar New Year, I thought it might be appropriate to choose one of the most prominent Chinese philosophers and strategists for this week’s Sunday Snippet. Sun Tzu is probably best known as a military general, having authored an [...]