GAME-SET-ITALIA

They’re doing it again.  By “they,” I mean the Italians. And doing what? Producing yet more champions in tennis, a summertime sport usually reserved for the uber-wealthy.  Jazmine Paolini (left) and Sara Errani (right): Olympic Champs The...

At It Again

I wonder if gunman Thomas Crooks was a pawn of the eternal Mafia as he pumped eight rounds at Donald Trump.  Just wait a couple of years and some enterprising journalist or a goombah in the celebrated Witness Protection Program will reveal the true story of...

The Guns of August

Nothing has changed our modern world more than the insane start of the First World War in August 1914.  It led directly to the Second World War, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, the Bomb, the Cold War, and some hot wars still to this day. Historians all agree that the...

The Potato Head Mafia

The latest groundbreaking production by the Mafia-Industrial Complex is Tulsa King, a mob series starring Sylvester Stallone.  I’ll describe it as Rip van Winkle meets The Sopranos and My Cousin Vinny.  Intriguing? Beside the clever combination, Tulsa King...

All together now!

Too much craziness going on in the world, so perhaps readers will forgive me for taking a lighter tone this week. I came across the article below on Italian songs via a travel website (Select Italy Tours). The angle it took intrigued me: Top Ten Songs dedicated to...

Out to Sea

My family and I spent a week on a cruise to Bermuda last week.  We haven’t taken ship for over thirty years and much has changed.  Ships have turned into amusement parks and dining is now an international lovefest.  Bars, shopping malls, casinos, and...