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...
by John Mancini | Aug 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Zorro: Armand Catalano I was reminded the other day of the Disney TV series Zorro (1957-1959, 1960-1961) starring Guy Williams. What a handsome fellow! Zorro means “fox” in Spanish (volpe in Italian). He played a fictional character, a Hispanic version of Robin...
by Rosario Iaconis | Aug 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
By falling into a Liz Truss-like morass, the prime minister unnecessarily calls into question her stewardship of the Italian economy — and sparks doubts about her fealty to conservative principles. Italy elected a conservative for this? Prime Minister Meloni suffered...
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