by Ron Barak | Apr 12, 2016
In 2012, 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez . . . died. Inadvertently cut down by a stray bullet in a drive by neighborhood gang shooting? Nope. Car accident? Nope. Brain tumor? Nope. What Happened? Gabriel was tortured and killed in his own “home.” The dead boy’s mother...
by Ron Barak | Apr 7, 2016
This can can. But should it? What does San Francisco have in common with India? They both have a shortage of public bathrooms. True story! In their infinite wisdom, San Francisco lawmakers have come up with a fix: Outdoor urinals! They’re leaving India . . . in...
by Ron Barak | Apr 5, 2016
What goes around . . . comes around. For months, the U.S. government sought Apple’s (if not all of Silicon Valley’s) help in cracking the encryption barriers of the recovered cell phone of the San Bernardino terrorists. Apple refused. At stake and more...
by Ron Barak | Mar 31, 2016
How in the world could anything so simple and, potentially, so good, turn out so bad? Not just once. But . . . over and over. And over again. And . . . no relief in sight. What’s in a word? “Foster.” According to the dictionary, to foster is to encourage or promote...
by Ron Barak | Mar 29, 2016
We all get those emails from “Bank of America,” “Chase Bank,” “American Express,” and on and on, telling us how we need to click on the link in the email to update our accounts, give them our social security numbers, etc., etc., on threat of shutting down our accounts...
