January 12, 2008
Hillary's Tears & Caucasian Lacrimation
Annie Lanzillotto
The role of race privilege in acts of public crying.
January 11, 2008
Poet Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007
Vincent Ferrini reciting "Forge Plant."
Poet Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007
“The Italian Depression”. Opinions & Opinions from the NYT Blog
On the New York Times’s website the interview with Fisher is followed by a series of comments by the readers who express their opinion on his article and on the “depression” of Italians. It is interesting to notice that the readers contributing to this blog are not only Americans or Italians: there are also Italian Americans as well as people from many parts of the world.
January 10, 2008
Understanding Italian Politics: A Pause for Reflection
We are told, by no less a voice than the New York Times (which, like most American papers, has trouble focussing on Italy if popes, earthquakes, or the Mafia are not involved), that Italy is tired, old, perhaps doomed,,,
Two Visions of the Real Italy: Rich and Unhappy or Poor But Happy?
My highly contested argument was that Italians are rich yet discontent. The other side contended that, to the contrary, Italians are poor but very happy...
January 8, 2008
Two Visions of the Real Italy: Rich and Unhappy or Poor But Happy?
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My highly contested argument was that Italians are rich yet discontent. The other side contended that, to the contrary, Italians are poor but very happy...
January 8, 2008
The Cost of Freedom: The Rascals' Struggle for Change
Photo courtesy of Joe Russo/TheRascalsArchives.com
"Good Lovin'" (1966), The Young Rascals
"In 1967-68, The Rascals were on top of the pop charts. So they decided to use their power to take a stand on Civil Rights. That’s when the problems started."
January 8, 2008
On Visiting My Grandmother’s Grave on the Way to Trader Joe’s
Joseph Sciorra
St. John’s Cemetery, December 31, 2007
Musings on memory and stories on New Year's Eve.
January 8, 2008
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Joseph Cornell's Italian Job
Collection Richard L. Feigen, New York
"Paolo e Francesca" (Joseph Cornell, 1943)
Italian icons subtlely make their way into Joseph Cornell's 20th century curios.
Italy Under Scrutiny
New York Times published an article from the Rome correspondent Ian Fisher that spoke of a stagnant Italy that was in “a collective funk regarding economics, politics and society”. Italian, American and Italian/American commentators discuss...
Healthy Italy, but Naples poisoned by garbage
In a polite letter to the New York Times Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato pointed out that the Italian national health care system is ranked by the World Health Organization as second in the world. Amato has a good point. If Italy is potentially the second healthiest nation in Europe, however, Neapolitans have been left out...
Pizza any way you slice it! The best is in Naples.
"See Naples and die." said Goethe but I think it should be "See Naples and eat Pizza!"
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