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2011

March 16, 2011

Gaddafi, the once and future friend

Judith Harris

ROME – Consider the Italian position on Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi said March 15 that he is “really shocked by the behavior of my European friends, first of all...

March 9, 2011

In Search of the Real Caravaggio

Judith Harris
Anon., Portrait of Caravaggio

"Una vita dal vero" is an exhibition on view until May 15 at La Sapienza University that sheds new light on Caravaggio's life thanks to new historical documents meticulously...

March 1, 2011

Italian Church in a Political Quandary

Judith Harris

Italian bishops may not necessarily read every detail of the bungabunga phone taps filling the newspapers, but they know full well that Premier Berlusconi faces a judiciary trial...

February 21, 2011

At Lampedusa, “the end of the world”

Judith Harris

The Sicilian island where hope and desperation coexist has become a prime transit site for illegal immigrants hoping to make it into Europe

February 7, 2011

The Broken Promise: Fiscal Federalism

Judith Harris

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign the bill on fiscal federalism, with comments that it was “unreceivable,” poorly drafted and generic. For Berlusconi the...

January 31, 2011

On both sides of the Atlantic, pride in anti-mob action

Judith Harris
Salvatore Cuffaro and his infamous cannoli

While in New York nearly 125 are arrested in “the largest mob roundup in F.B.I. history" Italian Senator and former governor of Sicily Salvatore Cuffaro is sentenced to 7 years...

January 23, 2011

Mr. Berlusconi: Ganging up, but who cares?

Judith Harris

Despite the crescendo of scandal worthy of an 18th century Turkish sultan, Mr. Berlusconi remains the most charismatic and popular politician in Italy. ... True democracy, he...

January 16, 2011

On the Disassembly Line at Fiat: A General Strike in the Works?

Judith Harris

Workers at Fiat's Mirafiori plant in Turin vote in a contested two-day referendum that will determine whether Fiat keeps open the historic factory

January 11, 2011

Heart warming vs heart breaking

Judith Harris

In Welcome to the South, Luca Miniero's remake of an acclaimed French comedy, a North Italian postal employee aspires to a transfer to Milan, but instead finds himself dispatched...