See Naples and Cry

It is a famous phrase: “Vedi Napoli e poi muori”– See Naples and die! The point is that Italy’s third-largest city is such an overwhelming feast for the senses – of food, art, history, museums, music, etc. – that there is nothing left to see once...

Inciting a Cancellation

Do you know there is a chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in Italy?  Do you know that French leaders are resisting the invasion of “woke” culture?  How are these social upheavals spreading across continents and oceans?  Short answer:  the Media....

The Corporate State

It’s hard to say whether Italy or the United States is in a bigger mess.  Both are suffering from the pandemic; both are in the throes of political turmoil. Instead of just Democrats and Republicans battling it out, as here, Italians have five parties in...

Tucci Gang

In 2018, the “Tucci Gang” of New York made a big splash in the national media. Was this yet another Italian criminal group, a modern incarnation of New York’s infamous “Five Families,” who dominated organized crime in that city for nearly...

Hanging Out the Laundry

The current political and social upheaval unsettling our nation includes Americans of Italian descent on both sides of the turmoil.  I don’t find all of them noble or worthy of praise just because they are “Italian.”  It is their actions and ideology that...

Red China Insights

Communist China’s official news agency reported Donald Trump’s departure from the White House with the words:  Good Riddance!  The Communists followed those words with economic and travel sanctions against 25 ex-Trump officials, including Italian American...