by John Mancini | Jan 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last Saturday, my grandson celebrated his fifth birthday at an amusement center with all his friends and their parents. Among his buddies was pre-school classmate Terrance, a Chinese American. Terrance’s father was there, and we chatted a bit. He had...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Average Americans – including fellow Italian Americans – often express puzzlement, even frustration, with myself and others via our strong opposition to endless “mob movies.” Their responses are fairly predictable: “They’re just...
by John Mancini | Jan 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Martin Luther King Day is one of two holidays celebrating Black heritage – the other is Juneteenth (June 19th), when news of liberation reached Texas slaves in 1865. Despite having two of the only race-based holidays, most Black leaders would abolish Columbus...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
For those who doubt the power of anti-Italian stereotypes in the media, or whether they exist at all in a ‘diversity-friendly’ era, consider that even Italian American women aren’t immune. Case in point: Ms. Melissa Schemmenti, a school-teacher...
by John Mancini | Jan 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
It has gone from a partisan slogan to fake history: “Republicans are undermining democracy.” Our own Nancy D’Alessandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House, may not have authored the line but is perpetuating it. But is her narrative undermining our Republic? Last...
by John Mancini | Jan 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Greta Thunberg, the Cassandra of Climate Change, may be too distracted to realize that the Earth may be too-late-to-save before her 2030 prediction. An asteroid will be arriving here in 2029 – on April 13th to be exact. Fabrizio Bernardi Co-discovered in 2004,...
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