Culture

The underbelly of the National Football League (NFL) has been unveiled once again. This time it is not about post concussion syndrome or even an arrest of a player but an alleged bullying case that some speculate occurred in a …

Calling someone a “Renaissance man” is quite a compliment, even if occasionally misused and misunderstood  in our times.  Fortunately, one of the world’s great autobiographies paints a clear picture of the expression by one who embodied it. Benvenuto Cellini was …

Dear Readers, November notes and thoughts on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013.  From George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation: Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to  recommend to the people of the United States a …

Da qualche anno ho scoperto un posto dove un toscano vero vorrebbe sempre arrivare a mezzogiorno e mangiare una pastasciutta calda e fumante con un ragù che poteva fare solo Ada o Crolinda nella trattoria di Lucca della mia zia …

La scelta di allontanarsi dalla propria città e dagli affetti, a volte non è dettata da uno stato di necessità economica o di tipo formativo.  Nel panorama di coloro che sono andati via da Reggio Calabria rientra anche chi, come …

November is a month of wind and rain. Soaked in melancholy, Romans light candles on All Souls Day and sip vino novello on St. Martin’s Day. If I had hands, I would lift a glass and toast the memory of …

A fellow writer recently expounded on his lack of interest in the origins of his European ancestry.  He engagingly wrote ‘None of my ancestors ever looked back with anything like nostalgia. As far as they were concerned, it was “good …

A cinquant’anni dall’assassinio di Dallas, la figura di John Fitzgerald Kennedy è ancora significativa e vitale nell’immaginario collettivo. Tanto negli Stati Uniti, quanto in Italia.    A Milano, Paolo Colombo, ordinario di Storia delle Istituzioni politiche all’Università cattolica del Sacro …

Dear Readers, Veteran’s Day, formerly Armistice Day, originally meant war’s end. On November 11, 1918, the Armistice Agreement was signed and fighting on all battlefields ceased at 11 a.m. The guns of World War I fell silent. After 4 long …

Piccola Basilicata, ma grande madre di emigranti che hanno fatto fortuna nel mondo e conquistato anche la Grande Mela.  “Scorre sangue lucano nelle vene del nuovo sindaco”, ha scritto ‘Il Quotidiano della Basilicata’ all’indomani della plebiscitaria elezione di Bill de …