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Elected Officials and The College Professor: Perspectives on Questions of Human Values

Anthony Julian Tamburri

Much has been said about K-12 teachers and college professors that, if one were from Mars, one would think that these teachers and professors either sat on their tushes and did nothing or, worse yet, were threatening creatures lurking about, ready to ruin the future of America's youth...

September 24, 2013

Elected Officials and The College Professor: Perspectives on Questions of Human Values

Anthony Julian Tamburri
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"Christie at a town hall in March 2011"

Much has been said about K-12 teachers and college professors that, if one were from Mars, one would think that these teachers and professors either sat on their tushes and did nothing or, worse yet, were threatening creatures lurking about, ready to ruin the future of America's youth...

September 23, 2013

Bill de Blasio: A Progressive Mayor for All New Yorkers Part II

Jerry Krase
Jerry Krase
"Dizzy's A Finer Diner" in Bill De Blasio Country (Park Slope, Brooklyn) where I conducted my thoroughly unreliable voter survey that showed that few patrons can remember the last five Democratic mayoral candidates.

While I, and other self-confessed “Progressives” celebrate the victory of Bill De Blasio in the recent New York City Democratic Mayoral Primary, there is need to pause and prepare for what could be another Democratic Party campaign debacle.

September 21, 2013

Sunday Blue Laws – Lift 'Em or Leave 'Em ?

Johnny Meatballs DeCarlo

Exploring Both Sides of the Issue

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Italy's Minister for Integration Cécile Kyenge -- How a 21st-Century Global Citizen Tries to Lead Italy Into the Future

 It takes a brave and often extraordinarily desperate person to leave familiar settings and migrate toward an uncertain future. One does not only leave their very own comfort zone, but also needs to define and establish a new one with fresh parameters, with rules and values that often don't match one's own socialization in the least. For some, random hostilities and prejudices by the hosting community add significantly to the overall experience. "Integration" is the technical term for that process, and every migrant faces it in varied forms and degrees of difficulty.
 
Source: The Huffington Post
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Berlusconi says Italy needs political stability

 Italy's center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi called on Thursday for political stability but demanded that Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile coalition keep promises to cut taxes, despite growing pressure on public finances.
 
Source: Reuters
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Amanda Knox says she won't return to Italy for murder retrial

 It's not a possibility," Knox said in an interview on NBC television's "Today" show. It is the first time she has said she will not go back to Italy." I was imprisoned as an innocent person and I just can't relive that," she told "Today" show host Matt Lauer.
 
Source: Reuters

Papa Francesco. Una sola voce. Una profezia, ancora

Gennaro Matino

Occorre evitare ogni falsa attesa e collocare l'intervento del Pontefice in un alveo ben protetto. Le sue parole nell'intervista a "Civiltà Cattolica" sono importanti, ma spesso sono interpretate da altri più in forza di legittime attese che per il loro autentico significato.
"Il parere della Chiesa, del resto, lo si conosce, e io sono figlio della Chiesa, ma non è necessario parlarne in continuazione” dice Papa Francesco.

Italian Ideal Cities in New York

Iwona Adamczyk

Architectural perfection and the essence of the humanist thought on display at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò until October 3rd. Exhibition of photographs depicting two ideal cities Pienza and Sabbioneta opened on the 16th with a presentation by Nicola Gardini of Oxford University.

Bill de Blasio, Mario Cuomo, and “The Tale of Two Cities”

Ottorino Cappelli

The fact that de Blasio – an Italian American who has married and African-American woman – is rediscovering Mario Cuomo’s “Two Cities” slogan, goes beyond their shared ethnicity or political similarity.

Searching for Treasure

Giulia Madron

Produced by Awen Films, an independent documentary film production company based in New York City, Treasure - The Story of Marcus Hook examines the efforts of a town that is determined to survive the shutdown of the local oil refinery. This is what young filmmaker Valerio Ciriaci has done in his most recent short documentary film

September 19, 2013

CHEF'S TABLE with RICCARDO: Neapolitan Cuisine (Pizza!)

Riccardo Costa

Let's Pizza!

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