by Ron Barak | Jan 14, 2016
One of the nicest aspects of being a (former) Olympic athlete is the international fraternity that comes with it. The Wife and I have traveled near and far, but wherever we have visited, thanks to this fraternity, we have always been privileged to enjoy what few...
by Ron Barak | Jan 8, 2016
Send in the clowns. Don’t bother, my dear, they’re already here. The Bundy Brigade to the rescue. Oh thank you, thank you, my dear. The lunatics are running the asylum! Whatever would we do without them? However could we do without them? However could we save...
by Ron Barak | Jan 5, 2016
This won’t take long. Either I’m crazy or some or all of the folks in Washington, D.C. are. (Even if it’s me, it’s certainly them too!) Obama has been promising for years (since when he was first elected in 2009) to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Why, I ask?...
by Ron Barak | Dec 31, 2015
Taking the day off to do . . . very little, or nothing at all if I can stand it. 🙂 Just wanted to take a moment to wish each and all of you a happy, healthy and safe New Year. Even those very few of you who don’t agree with every single thing I say. 🙂 Talk to you next...
by Ron Barak | Dec 29, 2015
You read about the Pfizer Allergan inversion facilitating gambit here first (that is if you are reading anything here, and if you’re not then . . . well, you don’t know what you’re missing, literally :-)). I reported that the estimated tax revenue loss resulting from...
by Ron Barak | Dec 22, 2015
With all that’s been happening in the world today, you can’t blame one for becoming a tad . . . well, depressed. I was talking the other day to this nice, elderly woman. Recently at her wits end, she told me that she finally gave in to her feelings, picked up her...
