August 11, 2008
Italian Gambling Site and the US Presidential Election
imwithfred.com
Actor & Former Republican Presidential Candidate, Fred Thompson's website, now an Italian online gaming site
Betting on the 2008 US Presidential Election with an online Italian gambling site.
August 11, 2008
Italy Using Soldiers to Fight Crime. Could It Really Work?
A controversial decision by the center-right government stirred up, once again, mixed reactions and lots of polemics.
A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.
I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.
August 11, 2008
A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.
Joseph Sciorra
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2008.
I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.
Belmar: The Boys are Back in Town
Welcome to Belmar, NJ. Site of one of the worst, and most transformative, weekends of my life.
No fat kids allowed!
The mayor of Casamicciola in Ischia, Vincenzo D’Ambrosio, has passed a law requiring lower calorie menus with additional nutritional facts in restaurants to combat the escalating rates of obesity
Italians Do It Better—Style-wise, of course
Who are the best dressed people in the world? A number of Italians are at the top of the list, according to Vanity Fair, together with the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Animal Rights Group Protest Against Armani
World-wide famous Italian fashion designer is under fire: his friendship and support of Spanish bullfighter Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez did not please a goup of animal rights advocates.
An "Affair" to be Remembered
Silvio Berlusconi and women are constantly under the microscope. This time, though, it is not a woman in person, even if rumors keep spreading as usual...
A family business? Nepotism in Italian universities
An expat Italian professor in the United States denounced illegal hiring procedures in Italian academia. As a result, university officials and professors from across the country are being investigated on charges of admnistrative misconduct.
New York City and Its Languages
Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Italian, French Creole and... English. These are the official languages of New York City, according to an Executive Order recently issued by Mayor Bloomberg.
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