by Ron Barak | Sep 29, 2016
I’m in . . . an uproar. It’s now been several years since we learned that the IRS, a federal agency under the jurisdiction of the White House and charged with imposing, collecting, and enforcing the collection of, federal taxes, was caught egregiously breaching...
by Ron Barak | Sep 27, 2016
Does a rotten apple (a socially deviant student athlete) necessarily have to spoil the barrel (the athlete’s school sports program)? In recent months, there has been an increasing number of school athletes (yes, most, but not all, of them football players)...
by Ron Barak | Sep 22, 2016
A not so well-guarded foible that he seldom admits or discusses, Cyrus Brooks, the thoughtful protagonist of my Brooks/Lotello crime, suspense and courtroom thriller series, is addicted to . . . dance. More precisely, dance shows. He loves the two television reality...
by Ron Barak | Sep 20, 2016
Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election. He delivered his inaugural in early 1933, at the height of the Great Depression. Calmly, he said to a fearful nation “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” And he went on to...
by Ron Barak | Sep 15, 2016
Colin Kaepernick, second string quarterback for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, takes a knee during the national anthem before each game. It’s his right. After all, maybe he has sciatica. It’s his right because he lives in the country he does. The one he’s criticizing....
