September 7th is quite an auspicious date in history.  For on that date in A.D. 70, the city of Jerusalem was fully occupied by the Roman Army after a siege of four months.  Observant Jews still mourn this siege every ...

Did da Vinci draw this? In the United States, we've yet to have any kind of meaningful conversations about limiting the ease with which people (even non-citizens!) can purchase handguns. Conversations, mind you, not radical legislative measures. The 2nd Amendment ...

Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs. Enter Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who debuted together on ...

Frank Sinatra lived to 82, Connie Francis to 87 and Tony Bennett to 96. Like many other Italian-American singers they were blessed with longevity. At least three, however, were not. They apparently were under a maledizione (Italian curse). Russ Columbo ...

Alfred E. Smith Who were the pioneer U.S. government officials with Italian roots? The answers are more than names that belong in history books. In a tangible way they provide a measure of how far Italian-Americans have come in the ...