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Zeffirelli-Franco

Arts - 16 Giugno

Franco Zeffirelli, regista di fama mondiale e grande sensibilità estetica italiana

È giusto dire che mentre il suo lavoro nel design dell'opera e nella sceneggiatura ha sempre ricevuto elogi, la sua carriera cinematografica ha avuto alti e bassi: egli ha raggiunto uno stile distintivo che rende i suoi film facilmente riconoscibili come "opera di Zeffirelli", ma ...

Zeffirelli-Franco

Arts - 15 Giugno

Franco Zeffirelli, Director of World Fame and Italian Aesthetic Sensibility, Dies at 96

It is fair to say that while his work in opera design and staging have consistently received praise, his film career has been more checkered. He has achieved a signature style that makes his films easily recognizable as a “Zeffirelli work,” but…

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Arts - 3 Giugno

Hallelujah, Lina Wertmüller Gets a Well-Deserved Oscar

Complex and fearless, Lina Wertmüller aimed to create controversy in her films. Loved and hated, declared to be among the most brilliant film directors, she was nominated for an Oscar for Seven Beauties but never won it. After more than six decades of her career, the famed director remains politically incorrect and committed to being herself.

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News - 25 Maggio

Sex Education, Abortion and Too Much Government

Both Conservatives and Liberals are unhappy about these two issues. Does the government have the right to take away our decision-making process and legislate these choices for us? What is the nature of government and what exactly is its relationship to its citizens?

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Arts - 6 Maggio

Fashion Wars! Who Won the Battle of Haute Couture, Italy or France?

The fashion industry is in a chicken-and-egg relationship with societal changes. Does fashion drive lifestyle changes, or does it merely respond to them? The 1980s were a watershed period when France and Italy made decisions that shaped the destinies of their fashion and garment industries. And then along came someone else…..

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News - 13 Aprile

New Orleans Lynching of 11 Italians, Dark History and Knee-jerk Bigotry

It has become fashionable to apologize for historical misdeeds… But frequently such gestures manage to obfuscate history rather than to clarify it. This infamous lynching has suffered such a fate. It is an understatement to say that the events that led up to it have been grossly oversimplified.

UN Event

U.N. - 1 Aprile

Inequality: Economists Discuss it at the UN but Forget About Human Nature

I think of a hypothetical case: I imagine a country where inequality has been eradicated and everyone now owns 5 cows… Is it not more than likely that at some point, one of my neighbors might want to go out and steal a 6th cow? Perhaps even one of mine?

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News - 22 Marzo

Ardern and Trump: Who’s Leading Us to “The City on the Hill” in Troubled Times?

Although America sees itself as a moral paragon of world leadership, the reality has fallen far short on many occasions in our history. Today we are living through a crisis, but the massacre at Christchurch in New Zealand has demonstrated that moral and responsible leaders still exist

HelloFresh Do We Really Need It

Lifestyles - 7 Marzo

HelloFresh and the Meal Kit Subscription Fad. How Long Can it Last?

What can be a better indicator of lifestyle changes than how and what people eat. What do these trends tell us about our needs, desires, frustrations and aspirations? Even as a business model the meal kit sector is unsustainable from many angles.

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Religioni - 2 Marzo

Are People Who Send Their Kids to Catholic Schools Irresponsible Parents?

In the wake of the Vatican Summit, that proved to be ineffectual and disappointing, and the cynical refusal of Pope Francis to acknowledge the extent of sex abuse in the Catholic Church, we need to ask ourselves some hard questions about parents' responsibilities towards their kids.

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