You Don’t Say!  

You’ve heard the phrase “the Irish gift of gab” but Italians run them a close second. The Italic people not only express themselves passionately via words, too, but help their thoughts along with arm-and-hand-gestures. In fact, some gestures are so...

The Remarkable Dr. NO

He is known affectionately as Dr. NO because of his scientific research into Nitric Oxide (NO) which earned him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1998.  We noted that achievement at the time in an issue of The Italic Way; but I am prompted to write about Dr. Louis...

The Making of a Catholic

My grandson is preparing for his First Communion, enrolled in a CCD class.  As a 7-year-old he is slowly being introduced to life’s requirements – homework, bedtime, and internet limits.  To many kids nowadays religion is an option and morality a multiple...

Super Artists

This past week a local school on Long Island honored the memory of cartoon illustrator Al Plastino.  He was one of many Italian Americans who crafted the comic books that every boy in the country grew up with — Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and the...

The Career Busters

The other day, the cable station TCM aired The Joe Louis Story a biopic from 1953.  Like The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) both the subjects of the bios were still alive at the time.  In fact, Robinson played himself in the 1950 movie. The two films were tributes to...

 Lend Me Your Ears

Not much positivity to report on the movie scene. What else is old? To wit:   The Conclave opens in late October, a drama about the intrigues which swirl around the death of a pope. I won’t reveal the “surprise” ending but suffice it to say...