Liberation Day

Among Italy’s national holidays is Liberation Day on April 25th.  It commemorates the day in 1945 that a coalition of Italian partisan groups in northern Italy put the last nail in the coffin of Fascism and the German occupation.  Four days later the German...

Humans for Export

An alarm is sounding as Communist China makes inroads into Africa.  Just like the old Soviets did back in the 1950s and 1960s, the Chinese offer to build infrastructure in developing nations, funding the projects with Chinese loans.  When the Africans find...

Slave Tales

I’ve written before about the PBS show Finding Your Roots, hosted by Prof. Louis Gates.  As an avid viewer for nine seasons the complex detective work by genealogists to uncover the roots of celebrity guests has intrigued me. But the show rarely wavers from its...

The DeSantis Offer

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis threw a lifeline to Donald Trump last week. The former president and perennial Democratic target was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney and ordered to surrender this Tuesday for an undisclosed felony. Trump can either jet to New...