June 14, 2008
Un “unico” 2 giugno a Sao Paulo
Nella foto, il Console Generale, ministro Marco Marsilli, Giovanni Manassero, presidente dell'Associazione Piemontesi nel Mondo di San Paolo e Dom Serafini.
Il Consolato italiano a New York elimina il nostro blogger dalla lista degli invitati per la celebrazione della Festa della Repubblica, e lui accetta l'invito del Console italiano a San Paolo, in Brasile.
The Race Debate in America and Italy: Should We Do the Right Thing?
While Obama clinches the nomination, some Italian- Americans join in the Lee-Eastwood feud over racial prejudices in America. In Italy at the same time, the race issue surfaces in politics. How can we contribute?
A War President Who Wasn't a Loser and His Trip to Italy
Woodrow Wilson may have been a "war President", as Bush is today, but when it came to earning international approval, Wilson had the significant advantage of winning his war. When he traveled to Italy, the spoils of victory came in the form of unending popular praise and streams of flowers
June 13, 2008
Two Lives Through Italian Culture
Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimò founded the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò at New York University in honor of her husband, industrialist and intellectual Guido Zerilli Marimò. She is a philanthropist who presides on the boards of many important cultural institutions
June 13, 2008
The Language of Ugo, Alexander & Sam
Interview with Alexander Stille.
Author and journalist Alexander Stille is the San Paolo Professor of International Journalism at Columbia University. Stille’s father, Ugo, was a famed Italian journalist and director of Il Corriere della Sera.
Marc as College Professor: Year Two
What do college professors do with their time? Here's what I did, during my early years in a full-time, tenure track job.
Barack Obama Mamma
Could a majority of Italian-Americans back the African- American presumptive Democratic nominee?
June 12, 2008
Donne ed uomini alle prese con i campionati di calcio
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Fantozzi si prepara a tifare per la nazionale di calcio dal salotto di casa sua (interessante per la relazione al post fino a 1 minuto e 30 secondi)
Si mormora che un giorno di tantissimi anni fa, Winston Churchill abbia pronunciato la seguente frase: «Gli Italiani perdono le guerre come se fossero partite di calcio e le partite di calcio come se fossero guerre». Io ora cosa potrei aggiungere? Non ero presente ai tempi della guerra e quindi non potrei né confermare né obiettare, ma riconosco che Churchill fu un grande osservatore. Ma si sa che il mio popolo è – per così dire – molto emotivo anche in campo sportivo.
Priests on the Ball: They Pray, They Shoot, They Score
On the face of things the Clericus Cup does what Euro Cup soccer can’t—bring relief from the nationalist sentiment that drives fans from great highs to plummeting lows. The Clericus players, soccer-loving priests and seminarians from all over the world, converge in Rome for what is intended as spiritually and ethically pure sportsmanship. But do our holy men live up to their holier-than-thou promise?
June 11, 2008
The Race Debate in America and Italy: Shall We Do the Right Thing?
A famous scene from Spyke Lee's "Do the Right Thing" (1989)
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, the race issue surfaces in Italian politics too. How can we contribute?
Italian Brands Expanding Around the Globe
Think Americans and Italians are the only ones who lust after the latest Gucci bag or Ferragamo heels? Companies are thinking again. With the economy slowing in both the U.S. and Europe, Italian retailers, it seems, are looking towards expanding into newer and emerging markets
June 11, 2008
Barack Obama Mamma
Photo by Marco From Houston, Flickr.com
Can the Old World embrace the New?
My eighty-six-year-old Italian-American mother enthusiastically supports Barack Obama. Could a majority of Italian-Americans back the African-American presumptive Democratic nominee?
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