Author Mark Ricci
The first budget proposal from President Donald J. Trump stunned liberals and moderate Republicans, and delighted conservatives because it has actual spending cuts. Real, honest-to-goodness, spend less than the year before cuts. This is unheard of inside the Beltway where… Continue Reading →
The unprecedented and well-organized effort by Democrats, their interest group allies, and much of the mainstream media to remove Donald J. Trump as President of the United States finds surprising resonance with the average person who did not vote for… Continue Reading →
It is coming as a shock to many people, most of all to the principals themselves, that the Trump administration and most pointedly the President, have declared war on the mainstream media. The indignation exhibited by the largest of the… Continue Reading →
A few articles back, this space discussed at length the matter of illegal immigration. Part of that discussion focused on the aspect of international law that a country has inviolate borders and therefore controls who does and does not enter… Continue Reading →
Fake news. Alternative facts. My truth. Your truth. The truth. We are awash in charges and counter-charges about who says what, how what is said, and what the what is. During the 2016 Presidential campaign through transition and into the… Continue Reading →
We are heading into the last hours of the Obama administration with President Obama seemingly determined to leave his mark on history by promulgating as many executive orders, national monuments, and questionable pardons and commutations as he can in between… Continue Reading →
Many people have that one performer or one song that throws the switch and instantly takes them to their Christmas place. Were we to ask amidst the eggnog, cookies and candy canes of a Christmas party, we would find people… Continue Reading →
Not being a parent means you and everyone else can only guess how you would be if you were a parent. People are usually gracious in saying that you would make a great parent even if they really think you… Continue Reading →
Long before Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States, it became fashionable for the morally superior among us to haughtily proclaim that no person is illegal. The intent, of course, being to shame anyone using the term… Continue Reading →
Zero Tolerance—The Millennial Antidote to All That Ails Them
Our next coming of age generation, the millennials, have seemingly little tolerance for things they do not like. Theirs is not the way of saying, “No, thank you, I don’t like that. I’ll go on about my business” Instead, it’s… Continue Reading →