by John Mancini | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Magellan’s flagship the Trinidad Last week, a “tall ship” visited my Long Island village, a port of call that has seen the HMS Bounty and replicas of every kind from the Age of Sail. This time it was the Nao Trinidad, one of Ferdinand Magellan’s Spanish...
by John Mancini | Jun 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Every year around June 24th I write of the momentous event in 1497 when navigator Giovanni Caboto landed on North America (perhaps Newfoundland) and planted the flags of England and Venice. That small ceremony was the seminal event in the creation of our United...
by Rosario Iaconis | Jun 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
“il Cavaliere” By leaving his Forza Italia party rudderless, the death of Italy’s longest-serving premier offers a chance for the prime minister to broaden her base. The death of the Italian Republic’s longest-serving premier, Silvio Berlusconi, marks the...
by John Mancini | Jun 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Why didn’t Italy stay neutral in 1940? In hindsight it seemed like the smartest course. Nevertheless, on June 10th of that year, Italy threw in its lot with its Axis partner. Its ultimate strategic goal: access to the world’s oceans. Benito Mussolini...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jun 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Having recently visited Italy again for the first time since 2019 (from April 19th-May 4th), I decided to engage in that most clichéd of tourist activities: I took a cooking class. My chef, Giuseppe, was a Lucca native who does them out of his house for tourists. On...
by John Mancini | Jun 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Political Enemy #1 in America today is presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. Both Donald Trump and the liberal media want to take him out pronto. But Ron’s worst enemy appears to be the Black Establishment. Anticipating Ron’s entry into the presidential...
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