Stereotypes Need Not Apply.

I had never heard the name of novelist Rachel Linden (right) until I recently read an article in, of all places, PEOPLE magazine (specifically, their on-line version). I didn’t pull it up. It had to be fate. It appeared out-of-nowhere on my cellphone. The reason...

A Jewish Homeland

Last Friday some 400,000 Italians took to the streets in support of the Palestinians in war-torn Gaza.  Even though a resolution of the horrific carnage may be in the offing many Italians were riled up by Israelis stopping a flotilla of private yachts heading there...

Caught in the Middle

President Trump is relying on two Italian Americans this week, one in science and the other in law. Dr. Andrea Baccarelli The big news item this week is about the safety of acetaminophen (aka Tylenol) taken during pregnancy for pain and fever.  Trump’s team, led by...

The Side They Hide

The real Rocky with Pres. Eisenhower Today is the 70th anniversary of the Rocky Marciano-Archie Moore fight of 1955.  It was Rocky Marciano’s last bout and final knock-out of an opponent.  He retired the following year with a 49-0 record, 43 of which were...

Remembering Aurora

Lately, I’ve been editing videos made during the Institute’s previous thirty-eight years.  We made most of them under our Project Italia label which you can see on our homepage (italic.org) under Galleria.  We made one on the Aurora Youth Program but it didn’t quite...

Not Forgotten

2Lt. Pasquale (Pat) Aceto For those of you who receive our free newsletter (Update) via snail-mail, you may recall a story we did in April, 2024 on 2Lt Pasquale (Pat) Aceto who died during the Second World War.  Lt. Aceto is a great uncle of our Design Editor...