Beyond the Rhetoric

This has inadvertently become an annual tradition here on Beyond the Rhetoric. Yes, many people say that Christmas has become far too commercial and it’s become far too much about “gimme this” and “gimme that,” but I just can’t help myself. Rather than breaking it down into three levels of realism, like how I did [...]

Part of what it takes to be a successful football player is to study the tapes of other successful football players. Following the same kind of logic, one of the ways that I work to improve my writing ability is to read. I read blogs and websites on a daily basis, but I also make [...]

What’s that? You haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet? That’s understandable, since it can be so challenging to choose just the right present for every special person in your life. We’ve all received ugly sweater and other less desirable presents around this time of year, so it’s about time that we figure out how to [...]