by Bill Dal Cerro | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a May 15th, 1983 New York Times Magazine article, “Italian Americans: Coming into their Own,” Stephen S. Hall celebrated the “official” arrival of the sons-and-daughters of Italy into America’s middle class. Quite accurately, he based...
by John Mancini | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Three weeks ago a neighbor in our weekend co-op complained that his baseboard heat was not working. I checked the boiler room and found his circulating pump making disturbing noises. A plumber was called, the pump replaced, and the heat restored. But, a few days...
by John Mancini | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our Institute is finishing up a report on the origins of World War II with emphasis on the rivalry between Great Britain and Fascist Italy. It’s been an eye-opening research project that has much to do with the colonialism of the 1930s. For the great...
by John Mancini | Nov 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
A couple of years ago, I tried to obtain Italian citizenship, but the Italians don’t make it easy. All your vowels have to be in order – my last “i” was originally an “o”, and the documentation is complex – what the hell is an apostille! One relative attempted it...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ever play the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? In 1994, three college students, including an Italian American (Mike Ginelli), came up with a verbal parlor exercise in which actor Kevin Bacon is linked to “every actor in the universe” via a process of...
by John Mancini | Oct 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here’s an election dream for 2024: Republican Governor Ron DeSantis vs Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. Both Italian American conservatives with no utopian flights of fancy. DeSantis may have aspirations for the White House, but Manchin (orig: Mancini)...
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