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December 30, 2009

Italian Americans by the Numbers: Definitions, Methods & Raw Data

Tom Verso

The US Census Bureau collects scientific survey data on Italian Americans and other ethnic groups. This article is the eighth in the i-Italy series “Italian Americans by the...

December 19, 2009

Aristotle, “Prizzi’s Honor” and Ghost of “Two Sicilies”

Tom Verso
“Prizzi’s Honor” as Greek Drama

The plot of “Prizzi’s Honor” is the most perfect Aristotelian plot I can recall in any movie. Every action in the film is determined causally or with high probability by...