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Elections in Italy: Harbinger or Swan Song?

Judith Harris

Whatever the interpretations, with one-fifth of the electorate called to vote, the elections Sunday and Monday amounted to a serious sampler. Although its success on the local...

A Night at the Opera

Judith Harris

This op-ed began with conductor Muti and will end with him. Two nights after their appearance in Rome the Chicago Symphony performed at the historic San Carlo Theater in Naples....

Proud to be White!

Donna Chirico

When did we become the White privileged? When did we leapfrog over our fellow tenement dwellers to a position of lofty self-righteousness? When did we lose sight of our own...

Scrambling the Political Eggs

Judith Harris

Most pollsters agree that the number of those alienated from the mainstream political class has risen to the point that those who say they will not go to the polls or turn in...

Searching For "Tony Micelli"

Johnny Meatballs DeCarlo

The Italian Minority On TV: Average Joes!

From “Godfather to “Mama’s Boys” – The ever degenerating southern-Italian American media image. So who cares?

Tom Verso

There is a clear pattern of increasingly negative dramatic images of southern-Italian Americans in American media from the 1970s Godfather movie to the current reality shows. It...

Seeing Cities Change: Shameless Promotion of My Books Part I

Jerry Krase

Seeing Cities Change is one of two of my recently published books that deal in large part with Italy and Italian America.

Rico’s Not On A ‘Rolla

Anthony Dion Mitzel

What has turned into a sort of Commedia all’Italo Americana for Santorum has shown that the Republican electorate can’t seem to figure out who they want to run in the general...

Eavesdropping on Mr. Monti’s Asian Road Show

Judith Harris

So what’s happening to Article 18 this week?

Mario ("Beddu"!) – Lifetime Vicar of the Rich and Powerful – Hammers the Italian Working Class

Tom Verso

OMG! When these two put their heads together – worker’s heads roll! Emma Marcegaglia: "We're in a situation now where permanent jobs no longer exist-- and we must acknowledge...

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