Jack Riccardi

San Antonio

Host, Jack Riccardi Show at KTSA-AM (San Antonio, TX)

Radio talk show host 4-7 PM CST on KTSA Radio in San Antonio, TX and online at https://t.co/DA8xptuXJd.

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"Maryland Man" Myth Destroyed By This Thing Called Evidence

2 weeks ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

It was fun while it lasted, for pasty-faced libs getting taxpayer-funded, sun-soaked junkets to El Salvador for an audience with Pope Kilmar. The left’s latest prefabricated martyr is now exposed for exactly what you suspected all along: newly released body cam from Tennessee Highway Patrol in 2022 shows human trafficking plain as day.
Jack's Books: There's No Intrigue Like Family Intrigue

2 weeks ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

Betrayal. Backstabbing. Sabotage, Espionage. It’s the stuff of a lot of my reading, from thrillers to the Cold War to JFK assassination theories. All of which are represented in this latest blogpost.
Jack's "How To Make Palm Crosses 101"

1 month ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

Even though I’ve been making them most of my life, I have to re-learn every year: how to fashion palm fronds from Palm Sunday mass into crosses. It’s important to come right home with the palms after church, and work on them while they’re green and supple, and have some sharp scissors to take off the woody or dry parts, and definitely remove any stringy or narrow points. You want as much uniform width on the frond as you can get.
San Antonio Got Lucky With The Final Four

1 month ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

I’m biased, but the consensus in the sports world is that the just-concluded NCAA Final Four ’25 was one of the best. Congrats to the Florida Gators, with a superb young coach in Todd Golden and a man among boys in Walter Clayton, Jr.And condolences to Houston, whose venerable coach Kelvin Sampson had the most forlorn facial expression you will see in sports as time expired last night.
Jack's Books: March Madness Edition

1 month ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

Writing this blog entry just ahead of the Florida-Houston national title game here in SA tonight…Gotta say, the two games Saturday were epic, and the city looked amazing on national television. On the other hand, I had occasion to drive downtown on Saturday (I know, ill-advised) and it was a mess. Chaotic traffic flow, pedestrians spilling off of sidewalks and way too many blocked off north-south streets. I don’t know what other host cities have looked like, but it didn’t look like a plan.
Jack's Books Blog: St. Patrick's Day Edition

2 months ago | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

No books with green pages, or anything. but I was thinking about St. Patrick—the man, not the holiday. The reason we still remember him, and the qualities for which he is still celebrated, are primarily due to his keen letter-writing skills. His “Declaration” and “Confession” are legendary, and give us the shape of his story and ministry.
Why Calling Elon Musk "Nazi" Is Harder Than It Looks

Jan 28, 2025 | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

I don’t think he’s a Nazi, but let me take a stab at your problem here. First, there’s the overuse/abuse of epithets like “nazi”, “racist” and the assorted “-phobe” family of putdowns. You plumb wore them out. People went from flushed-face sputtering denial to Scott Jennings-style eye roll over the last several years. Total overuse. Assertions without evidence. Everyone but you was guilty.
Fake Deportation Worries Are Something Old, Something New

Jan 27, 2025 | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

If you think large scale deportation will jack up produce prices, then are you saying it’s ok to exploit illegal immigrants in order to keep those prices low? In that case, would you also argue that child and slave labor abroad is ok to make your clothes and electronics cheaper? I mean, ok, if you want to argue that, but my guess is the objectors to Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement would be queasy with that tradeoff. So, that’s no, right?
Happy 50th Anniversary on Radio, Trey Ware!

Jan 15, 2025 | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

VIDEOSource: YouTubeFifty years of living is a benchmark. Fifty years of living on the radio is a survival epic. What it boils down to is that Trey Ware sounds like a friend when you listen. Because he is one. Congratulations, brother! More about:
Jack's Books: What If You're Reading...About Reading?

Jan 9, 2025 | ktsa.com | Jack Riccardi

A great friend sent me a book for Christmas, entitled “The Bookshop: A History of The American Bookstore” (Evan Friss, 2024) and I have to say, it was one of the nicest gifts. Now, if you’re reading this blog, you would understand, and maybe share in, my love for books. I really never thought much about how I acquired the hundreds of books in my personal collection.