by John Mancini | Dec 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
As Columbus unified the globe, Marconi connected it. I’ve written about Guglielmo Marconi a number of times. He was truly the father of Wi-Fi (wireless-fidelity) which made possible radio, television, cellphones, and radar. This year is the 150th...
by John Mancini | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
This Irish Catholic family is an arbiter of the Italian American image. We often note how Mafia movies like The Godfather, Goodfellas, and Casino seem to run on cable television in a continuous loop. At times, you can watch any of these movies any day of the...
by John Mancini | Nov 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
The other day while watching a History Channel documentary on ancient Rome the narrator recounted how the emperors Caligula and Nero were “Italians” as opposed to the more enlightened ones such as Trajan and Hadrian who came from Spain. True enough, but both Trajan...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Nov 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by John Mancini | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by John Mancini | Nov 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
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