by Bill Dal Cerro | Oct 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the latest episode of CNN’s Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci continued his journey in southern Italy with a stop in Puglia (POOL-ya), located, as he says, “in the heel of Italy’s boot…with 500 miles of coastline and 60 million olive trees,...
by John Mancini | Oct 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 1864, during his invasion of the Confederate South, General Sherman famously wrote to President Abraham Lincoln: “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah …” Whether Sherman knew it or not he was mimicking a similar gesture performed four years...
by Rosario Iaconis | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
As Italy’s prospective Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, wades through the profiles of political figures who will comprise her cabinet, she has come up against the galaxy-class egos of her coalition partners, Matteo Salvini (Lega) and Silvio Berlusconi (Forza Italia)....
by Bill Dal Cerro | Oct 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Week Two of CNN’s Searching for Italy, hosted by the ambulatory actor Stanley Tucci, took us to Sardegna (aka Sardinia), the large island off Italy’s coast frequently described with adjectives like rugged, mountainous, and implacable. Or as, Tucci’s...
by John Mancini | Oct 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
The city of Los Angeles is in the middle of a mayoral election pitting two Democrats against each other. One candidate is a Black woman, her opponent is a White man – or is he? During a televised debate last week, the moderator summed up the contest as between...
by Rosario Iaconis | Oct 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
The never-ending battle over Columbus Day brings to mind the world’s second oldest profession. As Harry S. Truman noted: “My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”...
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