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Obamania or Obamaphobia: Italians in a Post-Bush America

(12 11 2008) Jerry Krase

Italian American intellectuals and Italians in Italy might have given great support to Barack Obama's historic Presidential triumph but Italian American voters, at least those in...

Election Madness: Obamarama

(05 11 2008) Pasquale Verdicchio

Italian response to US elections brings forth interesting debates and views on race.

Blogging Obama

(05 11 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

Passing impressions from California, written at midnight on Election Night.

Explaining American Politics: What's Left of Media Bias

(09 09 2008) Jerry Krase

The American Right often complains of left-wing media bias, yet the big-time American media, Fox, NBC, CBS, Bloomberg, et al are hardly Marxist-Leninist Kommissars.

Clemenza and Tessio are like Britain and France

(03 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

The Pax Corleone, or what happens when two political analysts offer a close reading of "The Godfather" in an effort to explain contemporary US politics.

Do the correct thing

(18 06 2008) Jerry Krase

Looking for and unfortunately finding common elements in "The Race Debate in America and Italy”

The Race Debate in America and Italy: Shall We Do the Right Thing?

(11 06 2008) Ottorino Cappelli

While the first African-American clinches the nomination for president, some Italian-Americans join in the Lee-Eastwood feud over racial prejudices in America. At the same time,...

Explaining American Politics: From Clinton to Fossella

(13 05 2008) Jerry Krase

Explaining American politics to foreigners is not easy especially in this Presidential Campaign Season when you can't tell the pachaderms from the jackasses and vice versa. Ironic...

The Italian/American Tiger Wood

(11 04 2008) Ottorino Cappelli

Have heard latest IA expressing his thoughts on race in the 08 elections?

Hillary Clinton, the Italian Stallion

(01 04 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

Hillary Clinton adopts the Rocky theme song, making her a "sparrin' partner" to Barack Obama.

IRAQ PAINPROGRESS, Redux, again

(25 03 2008) Jerry Krase

Thinking about and re-thinking about the Iraq War after its Fifth Anniversary.

Glass Houses (Case di Vetro)

(15 03 2008) Jerry Krase

Casting stones while in glass houses seems to be a favorite pastime of politicians of all races, creeds, genders, and "diss"-abilities. Take for example, Spitzer and Ferraro, not...

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