Letters from Rome
October 10, 2011
Learning Italian in a Los Angeles kindergarten
There is a public, not a private, school in California that is unique: it offers its students, beginning in kindergarten, full immersion in studies of a second language, which can...
September 23, 2011
Honoring Italian emigrations after 150 years
Italian emigration to the U.S. was fairly limited until 1870 and unification of Italy, but by 1900 the figure had risen to over 400,000, and in the decade after 1900 over...
September 16, 2011
Sick of Sleaze? Let’s Talk “Just Folks”
Are you bored with bunga-bunga? We’ll talk about the things that count, beginning with these days when kids go back to school, and proceed on to child care and—why not?—a...
August 29, 2011
Stylish grand opera for summertime Umbria
photos by Bruce Wolfe
The rapturous musical heart of Italy, Umbria boasts over twenty annual festivals in which music is the centerpiece, from the renowned Spoleto Festival created by the late composer...
August 8, 2011
Italy on Trial: The Cat Eating Its Tail
photo courtesy of Balticanews
I would like to see a technical government put in charge to handle the crisis, and rewrite the election law – while protecting the right of overseas Italians to vote—followed...
August 1, 2011
For Italian Wines, a Rosy Picture
The closer one arrives to Montalcino, the more signs appear inviting the traveler to local producers for a wine tasting. And why not?
July 14, 2011
Who Says it’s Only the Economy?
On Thursday the Italian Senate passed the hastily redrafted emergency austerity budget. The situation, in a nutshell, is dire. Although Italy has the third largest economy in the...
July 7, 2011
Swan songs
No, I don’t mean that much predicted but somehow ever delayed swan song of political farewell—I mean the real thing. Our Bracciano lakeside village of Trevignano vaunts a...
June 25, 2011
Treading the Muddy Political Waters
Voting in three separate elections this May and June, Italians gave a black eye to the center-right government headed by the London Economist’s favorite Italian politician,...
June 14, 2011
Referendum in Italy: The Government Defeated. And Now What?
One of the many original posters circulated by the pro-referendum committees inviting Italian citizens to vote "Yes" to the four referendums
Over half the country is rejoicing this week because a nationwide referendum drew a stunning turnout of over 57% of those eligible to vote, and four pieces of center-right...
June 12, 2011
On referendum weekend, Santoro steals the show
Despite the importance of the questions under debate, the shouting match on RAI TV’s Channel 2 on June 9, seen by 8.5 million televiewers, has overshadowed even the referendum...
May 30, 2011
For Berlusconi, the Tipping Point?
Mid-term elections: big changes for the major Italian cities. Milan turned left after 18 years with Giuliano Pisapia, Naples chooses former magistrate Luigi de Magistris
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