by Ron Barak | Dec 3, 2018
Never Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today I was raised by my parents never to put off until tomorrow what you can do today. They were not the first to advance that argument. And they won’t be the last. If it’s good enough for you and me,...
by Ron Barak | May 27, 2018
I’m not a particular fan of Los Angeles Times Journalist Michael Hiltzik. I admit it. I find him to be a whiner, a would be snake charmer who is in fact more snake bit and who snake bites his readership, spending too much time preaching to his choir instead of...
by Ron Barak | Feb 13, 2018
One African nation has kicked off a new tourism campaign: “Come Visit Us, We’re The Best S—hole In The World!” Several kind folks have been asking me why I haven’t been blogging lately. Working on my next novel, The Puppet Master, now...
by Ron Barak | Jan 12, 2018
Certainty? Certainly Not Anymore! In this world, there are reportedly only two things that are certain, death and taxes. And now taxes may not be all that certain either! The New And Improved Federal Tax Law Redux? Maybe New; Maybe Not So Improved Just before...
by Ron Barak | Oct 18, 2017
You just gotta love this photo “op” taken in the Rose Garden on 10/16 and now making the media rounds across the country, the ultimate boost to the pharmaceutical industry. No wonder the stock markets seem to love the current political dysfunction in D.C....
by Ron Barak | Sep 21, 2017
Don’t look now, but guess who’s trending at the moment? Silly me. I thought there were only two, (i) the Dems and (ii) The Donald and the GOP. And that each of these two groups is dysfunctional. Turns out there are still two dysfunctional groups, but they...