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March 30, 2008

Mozzarella Politics, Naples (Italy)

Judith Harris
The production of mozzarella in Teano, Caserta (north of Naples)

The source of the problem is not the farmer. It is illegal dumping by criminal bands who are in bed with predatory politicians, and this means that the problem is political.

March 17, 2008

Of Emperors, Murders and the Ides of March: the Ghosts that Haunt Italy's Elections

Judith Harris
The President of "Democrazia Cristiana" Aldo Moro, kidnapped by the Red Brigades on March 16, 1978, and killed on May 9 the same year.

On the complicated and dark political history shaping Italy's coming elections next month.

March 13, 2008

Out of the archives: Vatican doubts over the Duce

Judith Harris
Left: Pope Pius XII. Right: Mons. Domenico Tardini

New access to archival documents of the Vatican shed evealing light on the relatiuonships between th Catholic Church and Fascism.