by John Mancini | Sep 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The A & E cable channel has done a documentary on Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse Magazine and his short-lived global empire. Older folks followed the Guccione saga in real time starting in the 1970s when he challenged Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire. ...
by Rosario Iaconis | Sep 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Particularly so in respect of the economy, as she rides herd on spending. Shakespeare’s Macbeth wrestled with his vaulting ambition, fearing that it would o’erleap itself and lead to ruin. One of Italy’s top populist conservatives, Matteo Salvini, has also grappled...
by John Mancini | Sep 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
History has many twists and turns. Nations and cultures can be shaped by a single event. A Roman battle fleet September 2nd marked the anniversary of the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. Julius Caesar had been assassinated thirteen years before, setting off a...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Summer is still with us, especially in Europe, where hot weather continues to flourish. On Wednesday, August 23rd, for example, the city of Milan hit 33 Celsius (close to 92 Fahrenheit), one of the hottest temperatures since 1763, the year in which weather temps began...
by John Mancini | Aug 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
de Corti, of the Italian tribe Before it was condemned as ‘cultural appropriation” non-White movie roles were played by Euro-Americans. For Indigenous Americans one of the most egregious appropriations was Chief Iron Eyes Cody, the iconic face of the...
by John Mancini | Aug 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last week, our suburban newspaper Newsday published an op-ed by former congressman Steve Israel recounting how Albert Einstein wrote President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 warning him that Nazi Germany was pursuing an atomic bomb. The op-ed cited work by Jewish...
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