On May 9th 1936, Mussolini proclaimed the “Italian Empire” after Italian troops occupied the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.  This victory was the apex of the Fascist regime but sowed the seeds of its destruction. The founder and the vanquished ...

View of Lucca from Guinigi Tower It might be a new tradition for me: a two-week trip to Italy every late April, when air and hotel fares are down and crowds are limited. So, as I did last year, I ...

What was Christopher Nolan thinking? In directing Oppenheimer, which has garnered 13 Academy Award nominations, Nolan relegates Enrico Fermi — the true architect of the nuclear age — to a bit part. J. Robert Oppenheimer served as the director of ...