Derrick Rossi was born in 1966 in Toronto. He is the youngest child of Maltese immigrants who did not have a college education but worked hard to raise their five children. Rossi’s father worked in an auto body shop for
The Crazy Election of 1800
People with a limited sense of history often struggle to interpret current events in a way that makes sense. Facing challenging times can be terrifying if you believe that no one has ever faced similar difficulties. Understanding that human nature changes slowly
Tax The Small Investor Behind The Tree
“Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree!” — Senator Russell B. Long “No one should see how laws or sausages are made. To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the
Golden Exit Packages for Government Service
Executive compensation has always been a highly controversial topic. Shareholders of public companies have often been critical of pay packages that appear to have little connection to underlying business performance while politicians and activists have criticized high executive pay in the
Personal Reflections on Donald Trump’s Inauguration
This article was written as a personal journal entry on January 21, 2017 and appears here as originally written, except for minor formatting and editing. It was posted on a personal Medium account in 2017 but I removed the article