by Ron Barak | Aug 17, 2016
In The Eyes Of . . . The Judgmental Beholder I consider myself reasonably informed. I read a lot of newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, and a number of online news services. Sometimes I even check out what’s trending on...
by Ron Barak | Aug 11, 2016
A couple of years ago, Bill O’Reilly recorded a piece on America’s race problem. With apologies for the fact that I’m too tech challenged to figure out how to provide the piece without the obnoxious advertising that surrounds it, here’s what he...
by Ron Barak | Aug 2, 2016
Don’t look now, Donald, but Browns actually can be good. Sometimes. No silly, I’m not talking about Trump’s attitude regarding Hispanics! I’m talking about Jerry Brown, Governor of California. You remember Leslie Van Houten, don’t you? She was one of Charlie Manson’s...
by Ron Barak | Jul 14, 2016
The Common Threads What do the police and Black Lives Matter (BLM) have in common? A problem with guns? Well, yes. Too many people with access to guns who shouldn’t have such access. Or guns. And too many people who must of necessity be entitled to have guns, but who...
by Ron Barak | Jun 28, 2016
The continuing ineptness of Congress to find a means to at least reduce the number of assault guns of mass destruction in the hands of those who have no business being able to lawfully purchase them continued this past week. Here’s what a dear friend of mine, a...
by Ron Barak | May 5, 2016
Well, you have finally found me (out), here in my home in California’s Inyo National Forest. My name is Methuselah. I am reportedly the world’s oldest tree, a bristle cone pine. I’m a little foggy on birth dates and such, but I believe I am now approximately 4,847...
