by Bill Dal Cerro | Feb 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
“Old soldiers never die,” General MacArthur said, “they just fade away.” Old mob shows never die, either, nor do they just fade away. A book by Mark Kamine is out called, On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and...
by John Mancini | Feb 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Fatti maschii, parole femine is the state motto of Maryland, the only state to have an Italian motto rather than one in English or Latin. It translates as “Deeds [are] Masculine, Words Feminine.” Such male chauvinism is typical of Italian culture dating back to...
by John Mancini | Feb 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Today marks the 95th anniversary of the treaty that created Vatican City. Top story around the world At the time in 1929 this event was considered almost miraculous—to both Catholics and nonbelievers alike. The Lateran Treaty, as it is known, settled a...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Feb 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Readers who endure harsh winters will understand why I recently (late January) used my frequent flier miles to take a quick, four-day trip to California. Specifically, I fled to southern California, where I enjoyed blue skies and sunshine and also managed to...
by John Mancini | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
My wife and I recently went to see A Beautiful Noise – a Neil Diamond biography – on Broadway. We highly recommend it. You can’t go wrong with any Broadway show based on musical legends like The Four Seasons (Jersey Boys), Cher, Carol King, Barry Manilow,...
by Rosario Iaconis | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
[Note: This opinion was a response to a political dust-up on Long Island between the Democratic and Republicans candidates who are running in a special election to replace expelled Congressman George Santos. It appeared as a letter to Newsday on January 27th.]...
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