Thoughts and opinions on all things Italian

John Mancini – Founder and Executive Director

Columbus and Ethnic Appropriation

Our troubles are over! Christopher Columbus is on his way back from being Satan Incarnate to God’s Gift—the man who unified the globe. Some Spanish researchers have analyzed the bones of the Great Navigator, interred in Seville for the past ...

Bill Dal Cerro, Senior Analyst

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

St. Cabrini chapel Despite its big-city issues (traffic, high prices, occasional violent crime), New York, aka the Big Apple, remains one of the world's greatest cities. I was reminded of this when I took a short, four-day trip there last ...

Rosario A. Iaconis, Senior Analyst

Wall Street Journal Hears from Us

The following letter was sent to and published by the WSJ on September 11, 2024. Clearly, the media needs a continual education in why the mafia genre is so successful. It has more to do with defamation than art ...