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)...
by John Mancini | Oct 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
In case you missed it, October 9th was Leif Erikson Day. Since 1964, Public Law 88-566 by Congress recognizes that Nordic Americans were “believed to have been” the first Europeans to settle in America. This year’s Proclamation of Leif Erikson Day was...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Oct 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Why are fictional Italians who behave like violent Neanderthals considered more “authentic” than living legends like Bennett? On CBS’ 60 Minutes a few weeks ago, reporter Anderson Cooper offered a profile of 95-year-old Tony Bennett, detailing the great crooner’s...
by John Mancini | 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...
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