News - 15 Gennaio Impeaching Trump: Think of it As Washing Our Hands Clean for History The impeachment and subsequent trial are not for us who lived through his presidency; they are to set the record straight for our grandchildren and theirs, on the viciousness of the Trump presidency, and must be a cautionary tale about what happens when an incorrigible president who was already impeached once, continues his sustained attack on our nation, its institutions and democracy itself.
Arts - 19 Novembre 2020 Attilio Teruzzi: “The Perfect Fascist”. Today This Could Be a Trumpist or a Putinist Mostly neglected by history, Teruzzi was always close to Mussolini, physically and ideologically. The enforcer of discipline among the Fascist Blackshirt militia, he played a pivotal role in the march on Rome in 1922 which brought Mussolini to power. In his private life Teruzzi would emerge as an ineffectual man in many ways, clinging to large female figures whenever he could and then cheating on them. A man created by a bella figura obsessed, parvenus petit bourgeois mammista culture.
News - 14 Ottobre 2020 Saving Columbus: How a Removed Statue Found a New and Safe Home in Norwalk “As soon as we heard about the removal of the statue in front of the Heritage Wall we asked the municipality for permission to transfer the statue to our club. The idea was immediately approved by the members of the club….It was important to my father and because I realized it's part of my legacy. The heritage is not chosen, the heritage chooses us and no one can take it away from us.”
News - 11 Agosto 2020 It’s Official, Joe Biden Picks Kamala Harris, a Woman with Experience and Credibility The idea that women could only be ridiculous as leaders has persisted for a couple of millennia and is now embedded in our culture.What happened in the past does not count, we now have the chance to elect a female vice-president and make history. This time it's serious because should Biden win the election, he will be sworn in at the ripe age of 78. Finishing out his term he would be 82. We all wish him well, of course, but we must consider the very real possibility that this time, the vice president, whose job is normally a sinecure, could become the president.
News - 7 Agosto 2020 Cancel Culture: When Political Correctness Highjacks Both Humanity and History Cancel culture, as a weapon of political correctness, is the enemy of free speech. When it starts dictating what can be said and what cannot be said, then democracy is at death’s door. Young people should be the most open and tolerant of a diversity of views. And yet according to these statistics the younger the group, the more intolerant of differing opinions they are and the more enthusiastically they wish to publicly shame and punish the dissenters. If they are so close-minded now, what will happen to them when they become older? How tyrannical will society be in the future?
Arts - 10 Maggio 2020 Know Thyself: Ingrid Rossellini and Her Legendary Family’s Passion for History In Italiano On April 8th, 2020, the NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò hosted Ingrid Rossellini during one of the episodes of “Tutti A Casa!”. Interviewed by Stefano Albertini, Rossellini discussed her latest book, and the influences of her father Roberto Rossellini, who would have celebrated his 114th birthday on the same day. “Know Thyself: Western […]
Arts - 20 Aprile 2020 History 2.0: Trying To Make Sense of It All in the Time of Coronavirus I have admired the books of Yuval Noah Harari for years. The pause imposed by the coronavirus was an opportunity to write an article about Les Annales, the historiographic school whose footsteps Harari walks in, and to talk about History with a capital H, History 2.0.
Food & Wine - 12 Febbraio 2020 Legendary Eateries in Venice’s Piazza San Marco: History, Glamour and Staying Power One of the first cities in Italy to serve coffee and bring it to prominence, for the past few centuries Venice, and in particular Piazza San Marco, has been like a magnet, drawing flocks of celebrities who wished to pay homage to its beauty. Today a whopping 20 million tourists a year continue to do the same. Many of them will end up in one of these caffè-bars.
Arts - 30 Ottobre 2019 Commemorating Raphael’s Death: After 500 Years Vasari’s ‘Dio Mortale’ Lives on One year after the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the great Leonardo’s death, comes Raphael’s turn. From the US to Italy, to Switzerland and beyond, the world celebrates Raphael’s genius and puts the spotlight on his major and minor works.
New York - 19 Ottobre 2019 Merchant’s House: An Endangered Treasure of the 19th Century in Noho The Merchant's House, formerly known as the Seabury Tredwell House, is the only intact 19th-century family home left in New York City, and a prime example of the "Greek revival" style. It was also one of the first houses designated as a historical landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Yet now it is in danger of being demolished unless we act to prevent it.