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 | Dec 8, 2017
So LaVar Ball has arranged for his two younger sons—LiAngelo, the one he recently pulled from UCLA after UCLA suspended him for shoplifting in China, and LaMelo, the one he recently pulled out of high school to home school—to sign with an agent to arrange a deal for...
by Ron Barak | Dec 1, 2017
The Scandal Psst, hey, you’ve heard about “the” scandal, right? I’m not talking (this time!) about U.S. political parties colluding with the Russians in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election or the three UCLA...
by Ron Barak | Nov 20, 2017
Like many sports fans, I’ve been following the “developing” story about the three UCLA basketball freshman athletes who created an international “Ugly American” uproar a couple of weeks ago by shoplifting designer sunglasses while in...
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 | Oct 14, 2017
When bad things happen. Huh? Wait a minute. I think my mind wandered. I think I slipped a gear. Let me start over. Let me try again. When bad things happen . . . who’s to blame? What are we to do? Let’s look at a couple of examples. Max Nikias, President...