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Perché meravigliarsi se l’Italia cammina coi passi del gambero, praticamente a ritroso, paese preoccupato che, negli ultimi dieci anni, ha avuto lo stesso sviluppo dello Zimbabwe? Ci avevano detto che i nostri figli stanno e staranno peggio di noi. La …

Dear Readers, The Simon Rodia State Historic Park is located at 1765 E. 107 Street in Los Angeles, California.   The park’s centerpiece, aka Watt’s Towers, are the steel-reinforced tall columns tied with wire, covered in concrete and embedded with …

Fu scoperto il 23 aprile 1984 da Walter Ferreri, astronomo dalle origini sarde che lavora presso l’Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino l’asteroide della fascia principale “5022 Roccapalumba”. E sono almeno una quarantina gli asteroidi scoperti dallo stesso astronomo ed è per questo motivo …

Once again, Cathy Burton correctly identified the location of last week’s photograph.  If she keeps this up, she’s going to be awarded a knighthood.  Oh, that’s right…she’s already been awarded a knighthood for her work promoting the Italian language.  Complimenti, …

Dear Readers, October, official or not, will always be Italian Heritage Month in the heart of Italo-Americans throughout the United States of America.   In the 500 years since “Columbus discovered America”, thousands of Italo-Americans had made remarkable contributions to …

It’s becoming increasingly common for people to approach me in public, shouting out the answer to the current week’s Nel Vecchio Vicinato question.  It is becoming my way of knowing that L’Italo-Americano’s latest edition has hit the streets.    While …

Dear Readers, Beautification of Australia’s Populace, in my biased opinion, took place when Australia experienced an unprecedented inflow of Italians and Mediterranean Europeans in the aftermath of World War II.     If you were not an Italian war bride …

Se un extraterrestre piombasse sulla Terra – e sull’Italia, più in particolare – capirebbe in pochi minuti, dando un’occhiata ai giornali ed accendendo la tv, il motivo per il quale ben quattordici milioni di italiani non sanno, ad oggi, a …

Lillian LaPira almost correctly identified last week’s mystery photograph as Valente & Marini’s original 1926 mortuary on Mission Street in the Excelsior District of San Francisco.  It’s the word “original” that accounts for the “almost.” Valente, Marini, Perata & Company …

Dear Readers,  Abruzzo’s regional capital L’Aquila, suffered a major earthquake, a few hours past midnight on April 6, 2009 and with a devastating force caused major destruction in L’Aquila and surrounding communities. The loss of lives exceeded 300 people and …