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 | Nov 11, 2018
Assange and Magic. Magic and Assange. Kind of a tossup. Like a tossed salad. Not very exciting. At least not to me. But perhaps an apt comparison nonetheless. As I have often said, I’ve never cared for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, who has been living at the...
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 | Mar 10, 2018
Following the latest school carnage in Florida, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced that it will no longer sell guns to persons under the age of 21. Dick’s is not alone. Walmart has adopted the same policy. The NRA is worried. It can’t bribe these retail...
by Ron Barak | Mar 7, 2018
The Importance of a Free And Independent Press Protected by the 45 word First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, an independent press is one of the essential pillars of a democracy, charged with the important tasks of keeping the public informed and safe from secret,...
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...