by John Mancini | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Each Memorial Day we reflect on America’s war dead. These days, we should also reflect on the victims of mass shootings, especially those who never had a chance to grow up. For those of us whose childhood roots are in the 1950s each succeeding decade is a “tree...
by Bill Dal Cerro | May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Emperor Trajan among London’s Roman ruins In the final episode of Season Two of Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci focused on his home city for the last ten years: London. And, shockingly, he and his crew actually made a classical reference – they noted...
by John Mancini | May 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter (BLM) stated that much of their organization’s $90 million income since its inception came from “white guilt.” In other words, wealthy Whites and White-dominated corporations needed to buy forgiveness for...
by Bill Dal Cerro | May 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you like pork or lush Italian landscapes – or both – you probably enjoyed the latest installment of Stanley Tucci’s CNN series, Searching for Italy. Now in its second season, the show, which has one more episode to go, finally seems to be striking a decent...
by John Mancini | May 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
There are many quotes in the Bible that guide us but there is one that challenges us. It was uttered by the Roman perfect of Judea Pontius Pilate, with Jesus standing before him: “What is truth?” In the New Testament according to John (18:33-38) Pilate and...
by Bill Dal Cerro | May 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
On the May 8th episode of CNN’s Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci and his crew visited one of his favorite parts of Italy: Piedmont. Unlike past episodes, this one had a bit more history than usual. It also managed to capture that region’s misty, autumnal...
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