by Rosario Iaconis | 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...
by John Mancini | 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...
by John Mancini | 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...
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...
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