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August 7, 2023
The UnKnown War in Ukraine
The reasons why wars take place do not change the horror of the carnage they produce, but revealing the reasons might reduce the likelihood of the next local expression of...
September 10, 2021
9/11/21
Jerry Krase
Missing Towers
This is an e-mail message I sent out to all those on my list on September 12, 2001 Jerry Krase
December 2, 2020
David Dinkins (RIP) vs Rudy Giuliani: A Tale of Two Mayors
Jerry Krase
A reasonable(?) facsimile of David N. Dinkins
In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities the French Doctor Manette, after spending 18-years in La Bastille in City # 1 (Paris) is released to live in City # 2 (London) with his...
October 18, 2020
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Nana Rose: Learning About My Grandmother by Living through a Pandemic by Kathryn Suzanne Krase
Jordan Family
Rose Jordan - Left Front Row Wearing Black Ribbon because of the Death of Her Mother Filomena
If you met my grandmother, “Nana Rose”, chances are you can share a story about the experience. Chances are, she talked about you, too. My Nana had a “personality”, for...
May 7, 2020
My Spencerian Milestone
Jerry Krase
In tennis, and everything else, Spencer will more than fill my shoes in his lifetime. Here he was just tryin' them on for size.
Remembering my first grandchild in a time of plague reminds me of how grateful I should be for what I've had, and still have.
March 20, 2020
A Cuomo Change of Mind
Jerry Krase
It's not easy to draw him with a nonforgivingly cheap ballpoint pen, as he has an enormous number of creases in his face that only his mother Matilda could love.
Over the past three or so years of "45" chaos, I've come to radically rethink who belongs in my pantheon of Italian American leaders. In contrast to "45" and the President's...
July 12, 2019
Remembering Lee Iacocca
Jerry Krase
In the 1960s and 70s, youngish half-Italian-American-activist-scholars, like myself, were often confronted with well-deserved negative stereotypes derived from the actions of real...
June 1, 2019
Presidential Non-Endorsement: Bill, "You coulda been a great mayor"
Jerry Krase
Blurry Bill at Primary Victory Party 2013
A more and less tongue in cheek evaluation of Bill DeBlasio's Presidential delusion from one of his (at one time) strongest supporters.
April 17, 2019
Kublai Khan’s Revenge: The Silk Road is a Two-way Street
Jerry Krase
Chinese-Italian Meat Market on Via Paolo Sarpi, in Milan's Italian fashion Chinatown
In 1295 Marco Polo returned home to Venice from Kublai Khan’s Court near Beijing, China. Seven centuries later, China’s current Khan -- Xi Jinping -- is returning the favor...
November 15, 2018
MeThree
Jerry Krase
Womens March New York City, January 20, 2018
On November 6th, the Democratic Party enjoyed its highest margin of victory ever among female voters in a midterm election. The result, as of November 13, the Democrats had a net...
November 8, 2018
Theater Review: Sacco and Vanzetti “A Long Shadow” by August Nigro
Italian American Theater of Chicago
Playbill "A Long Shadow" by August Nigro directed by Nancy Greco.
This review is not about the disputed facts or “alternative” facts about the case that tainted the reputation of the American “justice” system in the 1920s and beyond....
September 21, 2018
“Cynthia Nixon vs Andrew Cuomo: Sex or No Sex in the City”
The tallies are in for the Democratic Party primary race for New York State Governor, and unfortunately for most of us self-identified libidinous “Progressives” the answer is...
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