The Ideal (Italian) American

After five years of trashing the concept of a “great America” – that exceptionalism embodied in July 4th and a century of patriotic Hollywood movies – as Euro-American propaganda, the Left is finally realizing that the vast majority of Americans love their country,...

GUIDO THE KILLER PIMP

Those who love Italian cinema know the name Guido from Federico Fellini’s famous 1963 film, 8½. Played by Marcello Mastroianni, Guido was the lead character, a famous film director suffering from a mental block, a condition exacerbated by sycophants, hangers-on,...

“It Never Ends!”

That was activist Manny Alfano’s most often used exclamation.  No truer words were ever said, as we in the Italian heritage business can attest.  Anti-defamation is the last thing we feel comfortable doing.  Yet, the media set our agenda decades ago. Manny passed away...

ALL “YALE” ITALIANS IN CONNECTICUT!

In most peoples’ minds, the state of Connecticut has very WASPy (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) associations: Yale University; “lace-curtain” wealthy families; and a Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (courtesy of Mark Twain, who once lived in...

Juneteenth or the Umpteenth?

Where will it all end?  Everyone is trying hard to make Euro-Americans an accursed race.  We invented slavery, stole everything from its rightful owners, and rig every system in our favor.  If you don’t believe that, just ask your grandkids.  This is...

ALL THAT JAZZ

Recently, I did a ZOOM presentation sponsored by I AM Books in Boston on my 2015 book, Bebop, Swing and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience.  The book, to which local Chicago writer David Anthony Witter also contributed, documents the amazing,...