by Rosario Iaconis | Oct 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Many Saints of Newark is offal we must refuse. In darkening the silver screen with this lurid prequel to The Sopranos, David Chase concocts an origin story for the thuggish Tony Soprano that resurrects all the anti-Italian tropes and blood libels that made...
by John Mancini | Sep 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t like the grubby look of Italian males these days – more than five o’clock shadow but less than an actual beard. Beside the unkempt appearance, it indicates a certain laziness. But, I’m sure Italian men with this look consider it macho and alluring...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Sep 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Things are so chaotic in our “dis-” United States that, although the next presidential election is three years away, people are already hurrying up and wishing it was next week. But, no matter who is nominated, there is a sure-fire issue that unites both...
by John Mancini | Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’ve come a long way from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s goal of “flattening the curve” at the start of the China Virus pandemic. Regrettably, he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are leading the way to a flattening of the American spirit, instead. These two Italian...
by John Mancini | Sep 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Each September 11th will always remind us that our conflict with Islam has yet to be resolved. On 9/11, I was working in midtown-Manhattan when the planes struck in lower-Manhattan. I recall a comment I made at the time to a colleague that the disaster was...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Sep 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Big Al with son Albert Francis, Chicago Tribune “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away,” General Douglas MacArthur famously noted in a speech to the U.S. Congress on April 19th, 1951. This dictum certainly isn’t true for old Italian...
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