by John Mancini | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) recent showed the 1962 Italian film The Four Days of Naples, the true story of the Neapolitan uprising against German occupation in 1943. I had seen it as a teenager at a Brooklyn theater when it first came out. It was one of the...
by John Mancini | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
I came across an interesting statistic last week on blood donations. Of the 400,000 donors last year 78% were White, 16% Black, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Whites and Blacks contributed more than their census populations would suggest: Whites are 60% of the...
by Rosario Iaconis | Jan 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
…and Benito Mussolini Is Still Dead Mirabile dictu: Prime Minister Meloni’s center-right coalition is holding — thus far. The Italian parliament’s approval of Ms. Meloni’s annual budget without any political turbulence is the latest signal that she is governing...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Big-city American mayors have been in the news lately, specifically, Eric Adams in New York (decrying the busing of migrants to his city) and Lori Lightfoot in Chicago (the same, although she is also dealing with out-of-control crime). The first Asian American and...
by John Mancini | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Eighty years ago today, a little known dispute between the Axis powers came to a head when the Royal Italian Army occupying southern France refused to turn over thousands of French and foreign Jews to their German ally. The Italians had been occupying a section of the...
by John Mancini | Jan 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite television commentators is Dana Perino of FOX News. You may recall her from the W. Bush Administration when she was the White House Press Secretary, the second female to have the job. Clearly, Perino is an Italian surname but in the all...
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