by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is no surprise to see that President Biden selected Gina Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island, to be in his cabinet, specifically, as his U.S. Commerce Secretary. Raimondo is the latest in a long line of strong Italian American women in politics – a link which is...
by John Mancini | Jan 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
On the cusp of Inauguration Day and the Martin Luther King holiday, our nation is gearing up for the “change America!” promised by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently. Under the Biden/Harris Administration, minorities will achieve command and control to a...
by John Mancini | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Donald Trump did what his enemies could never do, destroy his own legacy. Maybe he should have stuck to tweets until his last day in office. Instead, his ego demanded live action. For weeks, he summoned his faithful to Washington, DC for a final rally -–...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Old soldiers never die, they just fade away,” General MacArthur famously said. Would that the same were true for American filmmakers who’ve made their careers exploiting crude mobster and moron stereotypes of Italian Americans in popular culture. Such a person is...
by John Mancini | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since our perspective is Italic, I assembled a list of notable paesani who made a splash in 2020, that sobering and contentious year. Their talents ran the gamut from entertainment to science, but most of them got sucked into the political maelstrom that...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last October, Abigail Napp, an editor at La Cucina Italiana, a national cooking magazine available in Eataly stores in the U.S., asked me to write a “food piece” for Italian Heritage Month. I tried to go beyond the usual simple fare by adding an ingredient...
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