by Ron Barak | Oct 18, 2016
So, the other night, The Wife and I and another couple were supping at a nearby bistro when a nice looking couple in their early 30s, and their three or four-year-old son, were seated at the table right next to us. The father dutifully set the kid up in a highchair....
by Ron Barak | Oct 13, 2016
Last May, The Wife and I attended a luncheon hosted by mom and daughter Barbara and Dana Davis to kick off their 2016 Children’s Diabetes Foundation’s annual Carousel of Hope fundraising black tie dinner affair benefitting children’s diabetes research, a cause that...
by Ron Barak | Oct 11, 2016
Wouldn’t you think that what’s “right” or “sound” would have something to do with it—how our governmental branches do business? In our legislative and executive branches, this is almost never the case. Even more alarming, with increasing frequency, this is ceasing to...
by Ron Barak | Oct 6, 2016
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed bills last week that would have repealed the sales tax on diapers and tampons, saying that they would cost the state budget too much money. He didn’t comment on the lack of wisdom in trying to create distinctions in what should...
by Ron Barak | Oct 4, 2016
Do we really call these people “leaders”? Of supposedly the greatest nation in the world? (The one that’s about to elect Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump President.) There must be something smarter to call these people running our Congress than...
