by Ron Barak | Mar 8, 2016
Is it just me, or do you feel a . . . draft . . . coming on?Preview You do recall, sometime ago, that I began talking about dark horses and white knights? You remember. I said I had to mention it two ways to be sure I was PC—politically correct. Doesn’t ring any...
by Ron Barak | Mar 3, 2016
In a recent blog, I spoke of the pendulum theory, pointing out the unfortunate overreaction to the second degree murder conviction and 30-year jail sentence imposed on a practicing physician for recklessly prescribing painkillers to three patients who died as a result...
by Ron Barak | Mar 1, 2016
In April, 2015, in a lawsuit brought by two chimpanzees, a New York judge agreed with the chimps that all cognitively complex animals—including humans—are entitled to “their day in court.” No chumps these chimps. The court went on to grant their application for a writ...
by Ron Barak | Feb 25, 2016
For those of you who’ve been asking (someone has been asking, right?) for a progress report on the status of my latest novel, 28: The Missing Amendment, here’s the executive summary: The novel is finished, written, rewritten, and rewritten again—that’s just how the...
by Ron Barak | Feb 23, 2016
Seems like they just keep steppin’ on it . . . or in it! Just take a couple from this past week, for instance. Which do you think is most stupid? By the way, I present them in the order in which they occurred so as to maintain my neutrality as to which actually...
