by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s official: According to a July 25th on-line article by the BBC, the WHO (World Health Organization) says that Italy has the highest concentration of childhood obesity in Europe (close to 40% in its southern regions alone, which may skew the data a bit). For...
by Rosario Iaconis | Jul 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Billionaire Tilman Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, recently faced media criticism for ostentatiously sailing along the coastline of the Magic Boot. But who says coastal diplomacy can’t be a meaningful learning experience? Before heading to Sicily, Ambassador...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
My colleagues at the Italic Institute once coined the witty phrase “Hollywood-Media Axis,” noting the not-so-subtle link between Tinsel Town and the mainstream media—specifically, how the two of them incestuously promote the Big Lie that Italian culture is...
by John Mancini | Jul 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Remember taking Chemistry in high school? It was often fun, especially when you partnered up with a classmate to take the pressure off, or when the teacher demonstrated dramatic chain reactions. Prominently displayed in that classroom or lab was the...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Untouchables: Connery advising Costner In the 1987 film The Untouchables, set in 1920s Chicago, Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) gets some advice from streetwise Chicago cop Jim Malone (Sean Connery) on how to handle the city’s current bad guy, Al Capone:...
by John Mancini | Jul 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
This past week has seen America in the global spotlight. Our 250th birthday, the World Cup of Soccer, and the Supreme Court addressed birthright citizenship. I was hoping to see better coverage of the Sail4th 250 that took place in New York Harbor, with...
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