by Ron Barak | Nov 19, 2015
Halloween costumes showing off sombreros are . . . “culturally inappropriate.” Or wearing pirate eye patches . . . “insensitive” to those who are sight challenged. (Note, that’s sight challenged and not sight impaired or blind). Imagine that, guys. Wait a minute....
by Ron Barak | Nov 16, 2015
Stick with me, this is not going to be a blog about the environment—perhaps a little bit about the political landscape, but not the physical one. The prevailing view is that “the” saying is “Too close to the trees to see the forest,” meaning that one bogged down in...
by Ron Barak | Oct 13, 2015
You know those titillating Carl’s Jr. TV commercials? C’mon, don’t be coy. You know what commercials I’m talking about. The series with those well-endowed babes dripping hamburger sauce on their not so private parts. So the wife and I are on a flight home from a...
by Ron Barak | Oct 8, 2015
The Israeli’s have developed a new airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners and also downplays any question of racial profiling. At airport flight check-in, every passenger is required, one at a time, to step into...
by Ron Barak | Sep 9, 2015
As my friend Shaquille O’Neal would put it (and when they’re as big as he is you don’t dare refer to him other than as a friend), “Can You Dig it?” As creative as I like to think I am, I can’t really come up with a reason for why I’m putting this on my website, but...
by Ron Barak | Sep 7, 2015
As the schism between police and public seems to escalate with no obvious solution at hand, how about this story that appears in the latest editions of The Week, one of my favorite must read news sources: Ocala, Fla., police officer Erica Hay was on her way to get...
