by John Mancini | Nov 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Crime and punishment have become an obsession these days. We have lots of videos of crimes as they happen. We see plenty of televised trials. We see verdicts and sentencing that range from right-on to outrageous. And since today commemorates the death of Italian...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a May 15th, 1983 New York Times Magazine article, “Italian Americans: Coming into their Own,” Stephen S. Hall celebrated the “official” arrival of the sons-and-daughters of Italy into America’s middle class. Quite accurately, he based...
by John Mancini | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Three weeks ago a neighbor in our weekend co-op complained that his baseboard heat was not working. I checked the boiler room and found his circulating pump making disturbing noises. A plumber was called, the pump replaced, and the heat restored. But, a few days...
by John Mancini | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our Institute is finishing up a report on the origins of World War II with emphasis on the rivalry between Great Britain and Fascist Italy. It’s been an eye-opening research project that has much to do with the colonialism of the 1930s. For the great...
by John Mancini | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
A couple of years ago, I tried to obtain Italian citizenship, but the Italians don’t make it easy. All your vowels have to be in order – my last “i” was originally an “o”, and the documentation is complex – what the hell is an apostille! One relative attempted it...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ever play the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? In 1994, three college students, including an Italian American (Mike Ginelli), came up with a verbal parlor exercise in which actor Kevin Bacon is linked to “every actor in the universe” via a process of...
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