by Bill Dal Cerro | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Anyone lucky enough to travel to Italy has probably visited one of the “Big Three” cities: Rome, Florence, and perhaps the most intriguing city of all: La Serenessima, aka, “The Serene One”, aka, Venice (Venezia in Italian). Every city in every nation on...
by John Mancini | Apr 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I used to think that mind control was only possible in totalitarian countries. But, over the past few years an amazing transformation has taken place in this country – in journalism, entertainment, and culture. A deluded utopian, not merely...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Next to the late Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues), Dick Wolf is probably American television’s best-known creator of recurring dramatic series – specifically, his Law and Order franchise, which has been on the small screen, in various incarnations, since 1990....
by John Mancini | Apr 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
There is a mini-tale in Italo Calvino’s 1980 book Italian Folktales that has always fascinated me. Titled “The Science of Laziness,” the tale is from the northern city of Trieste and is clearly politically incorrect, insofar as it targets Turks. No doubt,...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Mar 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Whenever he got exasperated by the antics of his skinny friend, Stan Laurel, his partner, Oliver Hardy, would sigh, “Oh, Stanley!”– which rather sums up my reaction to Stanley Tucci’s six-part CNN series, Searching for Italy. Now that’s...
by John Mancini | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s a new book titled Lincoln on the Verge, about the newly elected president taking a whistle-stop journey from his home in Springfield, IL to Washington D.C. in 1861. Covering thirteen days, with stops in eight northern states, the purpose of the trip was...
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