by John Mancini | Feb 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m addicted to watching the PBS series Finding Your Roots hosted by Prof. Louis Gates Jr of Harvard. The series is in its 8th season, and last week it explored the roots of Tony Danza. This being Black History Month I thought it appropriate to mention that...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Feb 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
The word of the day is “crypto currency,” that new-fangled monetary coinage taking the world by storm. The word “crypto” is derived from the Greek word kruptos, meaning “hidden” or “secret.” What about...
by John Mancini | Feb 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
The current crisis in Ukraine conjures up another Munich analogy. Russia’s Vladimir Putin easily fits the bill as the new Hitler. He has already seized Ukraine’s Crimea region and now wants the rest of that country, just as Hitler first took Austria in...
by John Mancini | Feb 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
I often get my blog subjects from our online Almanac. February 3rd celebrates the courage of Lt. Willibald Charles Bianchi in 1942 that earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Some 27 Americans of Italian...
by John Mancini | Jan 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
It started innocently enough, but it escalated into a debate on The Godfather. A friend and I were enjoying a leisurely ride in my car listening to Sirius Radio when the 1959 song Sea of Love came on. I quickly related it to the movie by the same name starring...
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...
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