Beyond the Rhetoric

Every Wednesday, I gather together five interesting blog posts that I found around the Internet. Let’s see what’s brewing up this week. I don’t normally link out to my own writing on What’s Up Wednesdays, but the recent post on MEGATechNews is special. We had the opportunity to attend April Duels II, presented by Canada [...]

In the early days of “Money Mondays,” debt was always a big topic of conversation. While most people are polar opposites on the idea of debt, for reasons not including political correctness, I was split down the middle. The point I always have and still do attempt to make is that debt can screw you [...]

Debt somehow seems to be synonymous with life in the developed world. Almost everyone has it and almost everyone suffers because of it. Much like alcoholism, people have a moment of clarity when people decide it’s time to change and start paying down their debt. Once their debt is paid off, they can then put [...]

Last week, I posted an article hoping to get people to break free from the stigma of filing for bankruptcy. It’s a decision I support under the right circumstances. Oftentimes when someone who is in the position of wondering what to do, there’s a number of reasons to consider whether or not you end up [...]

It happened. The federal budget in Canada was revealed a few days ago and one of the biggest announcements to come out of it was the death of the penny. They plan on stopping production of the one-cent coin some time this fall. We have to realize that this news didn’t exactly come out of [...]