Jack Riccardi

1 week ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

It’s believed that Santayana said “those who can’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Recent reading suggests we may remember it but still repeat it, with books ranging from Nagasaki to nukes in Iran, plus a smattering of pulp-era fiction“A Song For Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai.

2 weeks ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

Amidst the post-show emails tonight, one from a woman with the initials M.H. caught my attention. She wasn’t able to call in during the discussion of illegal aliens and the disinformation battle/riot now going on in Los Angeles. I kind of wish she had, but I want to respond anyway. She writes:“I think basically everything in this world has one answer — “both.” I see both sides of everything.

3 weeks ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

Good year for Ford, but not for their electric vehicle offerings. The blue-oval brand just reported year-over-year sales up 16.4 percent, but EVs declined 25 percent as customers went for internal-combustion (ICE) and hybrid menu offerings. Even among those who predicted a leveling off or decline, the fall of EVs and restoration of ICE seems dramatic. Hybrids jumped by almost a third, and ICE vehicles (Ford is almost entirely trucks and SUVs, plus Mustangs) saw a 17.7 percent jump.

3 weeks ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

Election season means we hear about “family values”. But what was the greatest family-values movie of all time? (In my best Maxwell Smart voice) Would you believe….”The Godfather”?

1 month ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

The gaudy, self-flagellating media confessional over Joe Biden is…something. Who knew the Tappers and Chuck Todds of the world were so into using whips and chains…on themselves and each other? Of course, it’s all performative, the scorn for Biden and his retinue, the “someone should have reported this!” irony, and even Jake’s solemn intonation that “right wing media was correct”, like that’s what we’ve been waiting for, the benediction from the pope of CNN. “Original Sin”, Jake?