The Real Covid Tragedy

by | Oct 17, 2021 | Uncategorized

It’s been nearly two years that the world has suffered the tragedy of the China Virus.  This plague has killed close to 5 million people on the planet, including 744,000 Americans and 131,000 Italians.  And, no “experts” see an end in sight.  Even the...

New York City’s Insult to Italians

by | Oct 12, 2021 | Uncategorized

In killing Columbus Day and replacing it with the hastily contrived Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the New York City Department of Education sent a message to the scions of Italy: Drop dead. Imagine the howls of indignation if the DOE similarly demeaned...

Our Intrepid Explorer

by | Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

Each year the President of the United States issues a proclamation reminding the nation of its debt to the Genovese explorer and the national holiday that affirms it.  This week, President Biden repeated that custom but converted Columbus’s voyage into a...

A Plague of Grasshoppers

by | Oct 3, 2021 | Uncategorized

For those of you who are monitoring the legislative sausage-making process in Congress this week, you will understand that we are not watching a Democrat vs Republican struggle but one between Utopians and Realists.  Democrats clearly have the bulk of Utopians...

Stereotypes are Always an Easy Sell

by | 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...