by John Mancini | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” -George Orwell, from his book 1984 These words are not a riddle or an abstract concept. For those of us who take pride in the millennial contributions of Italy to...
by John Mancini | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
I wish I knew how young Italian Americans think. Admittedly, I grew up an oddball. My immigrant father spoke with a heavy accent and was raised under Fascism, coming here in 1930 at age 18. My American side was Italian American to the core: the old...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Aug 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
They’re doing it again. By “they,” I mean the Italians. And doing what? Producing yet more champions in tennis, a summertime sport usually reserved for the uber-wealthy. Jazmine Paolini (left) and Sara Errani (right): Olympic Champs The...
by John Mancini | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
I wonder if gunman Thomas Crooks was a pawn of the eternal Mafia as he pumped eight rounds at Donald Trump. Just wait a couple of years and some enterprising journalist or a goombah in the celebrated Witness Protection Program will reveal the true story of...
by John Mancini | Aug 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Nothing has changed our modern world more than the insane start of the First World War in August 1914. It led directly to the Second World War, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, the Bomb, the Cold War, and some hot wars still to this day. Historians all agree that the...
by John Mancini | Jul 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
The latest groundbreaking production by the Mafia-Industrial Complex is Tulsa King, a mob series starring Sylvester Stallone. I’ll describe it as Rip van Winkle meets The Sopranos and My Cousin Vinny. Intriguing? Beside the clever combination, Tulsa King...
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