by Ron Barak | May 17, 2016
One day, shortly after joining the PGA tour in 1965, Lee Trevino, one of the greatest players in professional golf history, and certainly the most accomplished Hispanic golfer of all time, was at his home in Dallas, mowing his front lawn as he always did. A lady...
by Ron Barak | May 5, 2016
Well, you have finally found me (out), here in my home in California’s Inyo National Forest. My name is Methuselah. I am reportedly the world’s oldest tree, a bristle cone pine. I’m a little foggy on birth dates and such, but I believe I am now approximately 4,847...
by Ron Barak | Apr 28, 2016
The other day, over the weekend, The Wife and I decided to head to the local mall to see a movie we thought looked good. (As it turned out, it wasn’t worth the drive, but the company was good.) Between our home and the freeway, there’s a couple of large intersections...
by Ron Barak | Apr 7, 2016
This can can. But should it? What does San Francisco have in common with India? They both have a shortage of public bathrooms. True story! In their infinite wisdom, San Francisco lawmakers have come up with a fix: Outdoor urinals! They’re leaving India . . . in...
by Ron Barak | Feb 2, 2016
Portland, the City of Bridges, and beneath almost all of them, miserable-looking camps constructed of tents, plastic tarps, and shopping carts. Rag-tag homeless people also sleeping on park benches and in doorways. An easy solution said many activists: Throw enough...
