by Ron Barak | Mar 28, 2017
Remember those painful report cards? Well, I sure do, to this day. I’m referring to the ones I received in grade school. The marks weren’t very impressive. My parents were then required to go meet with my teachers. The message my teachers delivered was always the...
by Ron Barak | Mar 16, 2017
When our kids were in school, “Gag Me With A Spoon” was a popular “Valley Girl” expression for something really obnoxious, offensive, distasteful, or . . . all of the above. Do you think the following spam mail that lands in my email Inbox on occasion–for which...
by Ron Barak | Mar 2, 2017
Can we . . . talk? Please. The Wife tells me we are spending too much money. She says we need to dial it down. Way down. During President Obama’s eight years in office, his travel expenses totaled $97 million. (Maybe not so bad because “travel” includes related...
by Ron Barak | Feb 28, 2017
To advocate for change in a democracy (or even in a republic, like the U.S.), there’s a right way to express one’s views. And there’s a wrong way. One way: Stand up and scream “Not My President!” Better yet, lay down in the middle of a...
by Ron Barak | Feb 16, 2017
The man we all love to hate. The Donald? Close, at least he is for some, many so it SEEMS, but no. I’m not talking about The Donald. I’m talking about Kim Jong-un, that little creep whose family “deeded” over to him in 2014 at the ripe old and seasoned age of 32...
by Ron Barak | Feb 14, 2017
Eight years? Seriously? Are you kidding? Not a chance! Four years? Well, maybe, but don’t count on it. (No, I’m not talking impeachment, not unless that rumored Russian dossier again making the tabloids actually turns out to be for real, and to show some impeachable...