by Ron Barak | Oct 21, 2015
They tell me orange is the new black. Are courts fast becoming the new legislature—beginning to do the job of our lawmakers when our lawmakers won’t do it themselves? A couple of weeks ago, a U.S. District Court in Texas effectively made an end run on the U.S....
by Ron Barak | Sep 10, 2015
The right to freely assemble, worship and speak is the cornerstone of many, but certainly not all, of our modern societies. One need look no further than the Bill of Rights appended to the Constitution of the United States. But is the right to be heard ever absolute,...
by Ron Barak | Aug 31, 2015
The findings are that the June 2015 Berkeley apartment bridge that collapsed leading to the loss of six lives was not carrying too much human weight. The question then is why the bridge collapsed and whether that could reasonably have been avoided? It apparently...
by Ron Barak | Aug 3, 2015
I like Mississippi. It has one of the greatest rivers in the country, if not the world. When I have traveled in Mississippi, I’ve met some of the nicest people around. That said, Mississippi has a serious problem. Did you read the story a short while back about the...
