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Both Michelle Obama and Michael Bloomberg want people to eat healthy. That’s why their restaurant of choice might look like the one shown in the video, where Brian tries to order lunch at “Nou Nou D’...
Take one of the best (if not the best) female country singers of all time—who is also a wonderful woman—and a true country music genius, put them together on a stage, make them sing a very special so...
John Podhoretz in the New York Post: The most important transformation of New York City over the past 20 years has come in the worst neighborhoods, where the crime drop has made an astonishing differ...
A man walks in front of a collapsed church in Mirandola (AP Photo/Marco Vasini) Troubles never come alone. As if an economy on life support (in many respects) was not bad enough, 9 days after a magni...
“ You all know what Thomas Jefferson said of the press— that given the choice of a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, he wouldn’t hesitate for a second to choose the la...
There are lots of British expats in southern Europe, especially in France. What do they miss most from home? And how does an expat feel when a neighbor calls him from the small village in south-weste...
Okay, I know, I know, after reading this and this (in chronological order) you might think that there is some sort of tacit agreement between the NYT and your’s truly, but I can assure you it’s just ...
Beppe Grillo and Federico Pizzarotti Despite claims of victory by Pierluigi Bersani and his Democratic Party, after the second round of local elections in Italy, there is no doubt that, once again, t...
“ I’ve been told that some Members of Congress disagree with my tax cut proposal. Well, you know it’s been said that taxation is the art of plucking the feathers without killing the bird. It’s time t...
News like this are exactly what makes me hope for the best for the future of Italy: one of the country’s leading universities, the Politecnico di Milano, has announced that from 2014 most of its degr...
AP Photo Everybody knows what happened soon after the heady first days of the Arab Spring. The first omen of what was to come was when, on February 18, 2011 (the Egyptian revolution’s “Victory ...
~ “LETTERS FROM AMERICA” - by The Metaphysical Peregrine ~ The game is on. The Leftist Lie and Hate, Chicago/Alinsky style political campaign swung into the official campaign for Obama’s re...
A map of the island fortress of Monemvasia in the 17th century Malvasia, have you ever heard this before? If so, not many words are needed, if not take the time to check Wikipedia, where the history ...
Beppe Grillo Beppe Grillo emerged as the big winner from yesterday’s local elections in Italy. The list of articles below should help you get an idea about what is going on. If anyone is interested i...
Cod. Bruchsal 1, Bl. 28r - Manuscript in the Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe, Germany “For many” or “for all”? Well, the right answer is the first, says Benedict XVI, who wants the whole Ca...
Speaking of Italy, “Anyone who claims Shakespeare’s poetry is lost in translation might have to think again.” At least, this is what the Guardian says in this article by Sonia Massai, Reader in Shake...
I know, time is precious, but please take an hour and a half to watch the video (see below) of a talk given by John L. Allen, Jr., at the recent Los Angeles Religious Education Congress 2012 on the g...
“ I know from personal experience how hard it can be to make the change from Democrat to Republican. I also know that there comes a time when you look in your heart and realize that it may be hard to...
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“[S]ometimes there are two ways of doing things: the right way, and the way they do it in Washington.” ~ Ronald Reagan (Cenikor Foundation - Houston, Texas, April 29, 1983) When “the Great Communicat...
John Podhoretz in the New York Post: On Sunday, the most important person in the Obama campaign aside from President Obama himself inadvertently gave the 2012 game away in one of the more revealing p...
Cold winds blew through Italy this week, and clouds obscured the unseasonably blue skies under which the country had long been basking.... Hey, this is not me—I’m not a poet (I wish I were)—thi...
Do you remember Virgil, the ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period who wrote the Bucolics, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid? Well, if so perhaps you remember where he was born and the verse inscr...
Gian Maria Gros-Pietro Perhaps it is true that, as many analysts think, what’s behind the new major crash of European markets –the umpteenth black Friday—is the slowdown of the Chinese economy, but t...
Credit: R.J. Matson (via The Cagle Post) According to CNN polling, Mitt Romney will be the only presidential candidate since 1996 to exit the primaries with a net negative approval rating. Not ...
This is the first of a series of semi-weekly updates on Italian politics—no much to be said, just read and get an idea, freedom of opinion is a right, not a privilege … ;-) Main parties agree to fund...
(Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) Rick Santorum drops out, but claiming a victory of sorts. “Against all odds,” he said after leaving the race, “we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of vo...
Elsa Fornero, Mario Monti, Emma Marcegaglia They say sarcasm is the lowest form of humor, and that’s definitely right. As for me, I don’t like it, but when the topic is politics, here in Italy, it’s ...
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