Ron BaronJul 4, 202123 minWhat Humpty Dumpty Can Teach us About Climate AlarmismHow 'Settled' science nearly succeeded in destroying mother nature's most perfect food. "I have high cholesterol," my mother sighed over...
Ron BaronJul 4, 20217 minThe Year is 2039: Hearing Aids, Drones, and UNSOZIALThe year is 2039. Facebook and Twitter have been taken over by the UN to preserve global peace and rebranded as UNSOZIAL. The acronym...
Ron BaronJul 4, 20217 minThe year is 2039: Sepia Lives to Bark AgainPart Two of a Dystopian Novel Set in 2039 In Part One, we met Wayne Decker, a very old man kept comfortable at a state retirement...
Ron BaronJul 4, 20217 minThe Year is 2039: Naked as a Hairy ChimpThe following is a serialized novel set in the year 2039. Wayne, the protagonist, is comfortably warehoused in a state owned late-stage...
Ron BaronJul 4, 202110 minThe Year is 2039- Where's the Beef?In my last email, I hinted at sharing a novel I'm writing. It's not uncommon today to 'serialize' one's writing and offer it over...
Ron BaronMar 5, 20214 minFirst Shall Be Last, and the Last Shall be FirstThere are millions of us boomers. Unlike newborns who are mostly sleeping, smooth, healthy, and nary a care in the world, we suffer from...
Ron BaronFeb 25, 20214 minThe Tolerant Eyes of Helen KellerIt was Shakespeare who wrote, “The eyes are the window to your soul.” His use of ‘soul’ suggests a spiritual man. Historians mostly...
Ron BaronFeb 9, 20215 minNosophobia on the Front PorchThere is an attractive young family that lives nearby. If posed standing proudly on the porch of their modest mid-century two-story, they...
Ron BaronFeb 1, 20214 minThings Learned Standing on a DotIt is difficult to fathom that we’ve been asked to keep one fathom (1 fathom = 6 feet or 1.8 meters) apart for nearly a year already. It...
Ron BaronFeb 1, 20215 minIn Search of EssentialHave you ever attempted to list all the essential things in your life? All the things that would be difficult to live without? Perhaps,...
Ron BaronJan 15, 20215 minThe World My Granddaughters InheritI had just become a young man from being a young boy when I attempted to raise my own young boys. Much too young, I think back. I now...
Ron BaronDec 31, 20204 minReal Life as an AnimeIf you’re a ‘boomer’ and not paying close attention, you may not know what ‘cosplay’ is. Maybe you heard the word, and if not for the...
Ron BaronDec 19, 20205 minThe Shop Keepers' Elegy - May the Spring Winds Blow WarmJust a rumor, but I’ve heard another of my favorite eateries will not reopen due to the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic. In...
Ron BaronDec 10, 20207 minFestus and the Green HandPrefer to listen to this essay? Press the play button. Old western movies never show an old western medical clinic. No long hallway with...
Ron BaronDec 4, 20207 minThe Architects of Woke. Best We Wake Up.Friedrick Nietzsche and Karl Marx To listen to this essay, press the play icon. Are you woke? Of course. One must be to read. Woke is the...
Ron BaronNov 24, 20206 minLike a Virus, People Die From Theories and ConspiraciesTo listen to this essay, click the play button above. Some years ago, the wife of a president complained of a ‘vast right-wing’...
Ron BaronNov 20, 20205 minWill Masks go Down as a Debunked 'Wives Tale?"Just a refresher; sitting too close to the TV will not make you go blind, pulling out a grey hair will not create two new grey hairs,...
Ron BaronNov 12, 20205 minThe Power of Crying Uncle...and things I learned from my uncles. To young boys, uncles tower over you like an old-growth doug fir. And if they were a farmer of...
Ron BaronOct 22, 20205 minThe Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894With the pandemic, and the election, and calls to take a knee or hold up a fist of racial contrition, I do not wish to add to anyone’s...
Ron BaronSep 20, 20205 minGender Identity vs. Racial IdentityThe genetic differences between males and females is remarkable. Males have an X and Y chromosome, while females have two X chromosomes,...