Beyond the Rhetoric

“We ought to remember the past, yes — but we shouldn’t allow it to consume us. We live in the present moment, and some people are too tied to the ideals of that period to fully move forward. We’ll never work through the future unless we accept the present. We must fill the twenty-first century [...]

“My momma always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” We oftentimes look to the great minds of the Earth for insight. We certainly have a lot to learn from people like Barack Obama and Sir Richard Branson. At the same time, we also have to realize that [...]

First things first, I’d like to wish everyone a very happy new year. I hope you all had a very happy and healthy holiday season, but now it’s time to look forward to the decade ahead. The first ten years of the 21st century are filled with all sorts of interesting stories, but now we [...]

As we approach the end of 2009, I thought it would be apt to reflect on what I had to say on Beyond the Rhetoric in the preceding fifty-two weeks. Just as you can gather from looking at the top trending topics on Twitter for the year, you can reveal a lot about yourself by [...]

You don’t need the DeLorean or “Doc” Brown to navigate further into today’s speedlink session, though both would probably come in handy under other circumstances. For this edition of What’s Up Wednesdays, we take a look at some blog posts that look to the past, acknowledge the present, or pave the way to the future. [...]