News - 25 Febbraio Trumpworld, the GOP and Personal Loyalty: Kiss the Ring Until it’s Tarnished Moral baseness reached even greater depths when those like McConnell and Haley, who metaphorically had crawled in the mud almost to the finish line, did a complete turnaround when it became politically expedient to abandon the “leader” they had formerly admired, praised and enabled. It is especially McConnell though, who should inspire the greatest contempt because it was he who set the tone among the Republican legislators that enabled Trump to crash through one moral boundary after another. It was he who could have put the brakes on the moral slide.
People - 18 Agosto 2019 Manufactured Outrage; Is It a Case of ‘Povero Fredo’ or ‘Poor Chris’? I’ve been Italian American my whole life; I’ve felt insulted when called a guinea, when called a wop, and when called a dago, but I’ve never been called Fredo, nor would I be terribly irked if someone called me that.
Primo Piano - 1 Agosto 2017 “Dove sei andato, Joe DiMaggio?” Di italo-americani ne è pieno il mondo, ma la figura di Anthony Scaramucci (responsabile della comunicazione per la Casa Bianca per 10 giorni) non ne ha ripercorso le caratteristiche migliori. Lo ricorderemo per la sua conversazione telefonica con Ryan Lizza dove è sembrato uno di quei bizzarri, volgari, maleducati “wannabe"
Arts - 11 Maggio 2017 “The Godfather” Masterpiece and the Memories of the Old Wise Guys and Girls Forty-five years after the release of Francis Ford Coppola's epic film about "la famiglia" Corleone, the director and his stars were reunited at the Tribeca Film Festival to reminisce about the making of a masterpiece. What they talked about and what they avoided
English - 14 Agosto 2016 “Mafiosi” Arrested in New York: But Where’s the Mafia? Has the mafia once again become a danger in New York? The “Cosa Nostra” stronger than ever? For the New York press, it would seem so after the recent arrest of 46 “mafiosi.” Alright then, where’s the connection with actual “mafiosi”? Might I suggest they watch “The Godfather” again …
EXPAT - 9 Febbraio 2015 The Italian Americans: una storia americana Sarà in onda su PBS il 17 e 24 febbraio e in anteprima alla New York University il 10. L'atteso documentario The Italian Americans racconta l'epopea dell'immigrazione italiana tra pregiudizi, successi e un'identità in divenire. Con qualche lacuna