by Ron Barak | Jun 14, 2016
With all that was known about this man,* he was able to legally buy an assault weapon of mass destruction. Shame on whom? http://bit.ly/1WLrs3H How many more deaths, how many more wounded, will it take until those who are able to do something about this finally act?...
by Ron Barak | Jun 9, 2016
In 2014, President Obama issued an “executive order” extending “temporary” protection against deportation to nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants. Texas and 25 other states filed suit seeking to invalidate and bar Obama’s action on...
by Ron Barak | May 26, 2016
We’ve all seen those full page ads in our daily newspapers, right? They’re there every single day. The ones claiming miracle cures for our backs, our knees, our migraine headaches, our neuropathy, the excess inches on our waistlines, and whatever else ails us. Or the...
by Ron Barak | May 12, 2016
A stark contrast in two recent events that took place in the same week presents us with an interesting dichotomy: Who’s afraid of . . . the truth? London elected a new mayor. What’s so unusual about that? Nothing. Unless, of course, you focus on the fact that his name...
by Ron Barak | May 3, 2016
According to a recent editorial in The Washington Post, when Virginia rewrote its constitution in 1902 and banned felons from voting, that ban was motivated by racists who wanted to help assure white supremacy and eliminate “darkies” as a political factor in Virginia....
by Ron Barak | Apr 26, 2016
I was having drinks the other afternoon after a round of golf with an old friend who was visiting from out of town. We got to talking about politics, of course, and he told me the following story about one of the members of Congress from his home state. I figured it...
