by Rosario Iaconis | Nov 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mineola, L.I.: Unless Andrew Cuomo stages a Trumanesque comeback on Nov. 4, Mamdani is poised to become Gotham’s 111th mayor. In addition to hogtying the NYPD and eviscerating the private sector, the neophyte assemblyman will fan the flames of antisemitism with...
by John Mancini | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
There was an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal about how the various subcultures in the U.S. affect economic success. Maybe there’s nothing new here that common sense doesn’t reveal every day. The bulk of the references in the article were to Thomas...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Oct 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
On Friday, October 24th, in an event sponsored by Cinema/Chicago in conjunction with the Chicago International Film Festival, director Spike Lee was interviewed by Dr. Jacqueline Stewart, film professor at the University of Chicago and host of “Silent Cinema...
by John Mancini | Oct 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
The mean-looking guy in front is Emperor Caracalla Among the traits we inherited from our Roman ancestors was a grasp of reality. It’s not always pretty but it has made us a very pragmatic people. We don’t often mince words or suffer fools. It may be...
by John Mancini | Oct 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Like many Americans I was addicted to the 1959 series The Untouchables, aka “cops & wops” which ran to 1963. And like a tag team bout, that series spawned a nationally televised reality show in 1964 with mobster Joe Valachi testifying before a Senate committee on...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Oct 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
[This letter was published in the Chicago Sun-Times on 13 October] The selection of actor Chazz Palminteri (right) as a grand marshal in this year’s annual Columbus Day Parade is a sobering reflection of how the Italian American media image has deteriorated over the...
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