by Ron Barak | Dec 15, 2016
I’m sure you’ve heard that less is more. Not only can that refer to the brevity of this blog, but if you read on you will see that it can also refer to the subject matter of this blog. The American Diabetes Association recently released a position statement with new...
by Ron Barak | Dec 13, 2016
So, I’d like to know what you think about this experience I recently . . . experienced. Please don’t sugar coat it; just listen to me and then tell it to me straight. After all these years, it had finally come down to this. Nothing more, nothing less. I said to...
by Ron Barak | Dec 8, 2016
Have you heard that smartphones can be hazardous to your health? Not only is it a true story, but it turns out that they’re three times more deadly to men than women. And the number of deaths is increasing dramatically. Slant drilling, climate change,...
by Ron Barak | Dec 7, 2016
This past weekend, on “deadline,” I wrote the latest installment of my twice-a-week blog that was published on Tuesday. In pertinent part, I was complaining about the increasing phenomena of . . . “fake news.” Not only amateurs republishing silly emails, but, worse...
by Ron Barak | Dec 6, 2016
Seems that little fibs lead to big whoppers. Scientists are now reporting that they have the proof. Unless of course . . . they’re stretching things a bit. 🙂 NPR.org reports that researchers from University College London and Duke University asked 80 volunteers to...