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...
by Ron Barak | Feb 16, 2016
Believe you me, this is going to be one locked grid. And indeed, shouldn’t it be? Whether you’re a liberal or a conservative, the Supreme Court has just lost one of its all-time stalwarts (some might say bulwarks), singularly devoted to the Court and to the...
by Ron Barak | Feb 4, 2016
Whose legacy is it anyway? President Obama’s? The U.S. Supreme Court’s? Our government’s in the form we know it? Separation of Powers? Checks and Balances? Executive Power? Abdication of responsibility? Usurpation of authority? Our President may be a lame duck, in the...
by Ron Barak | Jan 19, 2016
A few months ago, a good friend, who also happens to be a client, came to see me about a problem. Turns out he and his wife have an interesting way of handling their family finances. She spends; he pays. True story. With a slight degree of embellishment. For example,...
by Ron Barak | Dec 10, 2015
You remember what RICO did to Big Tobacco, right? No, not your cousin, Rico. I didn’t say Rico, I said RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. That RICO. In 1999, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil RICO lawsuit against the major tobacco...
by Ron Barak | Nov 5, 2015
“I know it when I see it,” a colloquial expression by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event although the category is subjective and lacks clearly defined parameters. The phrase was made famous in 1964 when used by U.S. Supreme Court...
