Keeping the Lid On

Back in 2020 I wrote of the execution-style murders of Paul and Lina Marino in a Delaware cemetery by a Black gunman.  Early reports indicated that the murderer was dressed in black, with a rifle, and waited in ambush for the couple; that he was motivated to take...

Assisting Diversity

With the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action in university admissions, I spent a few minutes thumbing through my college yearbook.  Looking back now with so much real world experiences under my belt was an eye-opener. I attended a small private...

California Dreamin’

To our fellow Americans, we of Italian heritage are simply seen as “cooks or crooks.” (Kudos to my colleague John Mancini for that very apt phrase).  The reason why is very simple: Hollywood media defamation. Or, as the comedian Flip Wilson used to...

The Elusive Founder

There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence; of those we have confirmed Caesar Rodney of Delaware as having Italian roots.  Another, William Paca of Maryland, has been elusive despite having an Italian-sounding name. Declaration signer William Paca...

Behind Every Event…

Magellan’s flagship the Trinidad Last week, a “tall ship” visited my Long Island village, a port of call that has seen the HMS Bounty and replicas of every kind from the Age of Sail.  This time it was the Nao Trinidad, one of Ferdinand Magellan’s Spanish...