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Sick of Sleaze? Let’s Talk “Just Folks”

Judith Harris

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...

Italy on Trial: The Cat Eating Its Tail

Judith Harris

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...

Italy on Trial: The Cat Eating Its Tail

Judith Harris

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...

Treading the Muddy Political Waters

Judith Harris

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,...

Referendum in Italy: The Government Defeated. And Now What?

Judith Harris

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...

On Referendum Weekend, Santoro Steals the Show

Judith Harris

Despite the importance of the questions under debate, a shouting match on RAI TV’s Channel 2, seen by 8.5 million televiewers, overshadowed even the referendum vote. During the...

For Berlusconi, the Tipping Point?

Judith Harris

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

When Elections for Mayor Become a National Bellwether

by Judith Harris

Of the 1,344 cities and towns which are to elect new mayors and city councils, pundits are watching the most crucial: Milan and Turin in the North, both grappling with waves of...

Blasting Off the Nuclear Referendum (and Others)

Judith Harris

What the moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants really stands for

Free Speech in Italy: Journalist Enrico Mentana Speaks Freely

Judith Harris

“We decided to have only serious news, without the slush of infotainment" says Enrico Mentana the chief anchorman of La Sette, the lone alternative to the Berlusconi TV chain or...

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...

Singer Jovanotti in Defence of the Italian Public School

M.D.M.

Italian singer Jovanotti answers from the pages of newspaper l'Unità to Berlusconi's caustic comments on the Italian public school

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