Showing posts with label Cronaca/Politica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cronaca/Politica. Show all posts
Sunday, January 26, 2025

Remembering the Holocaust at the Italian Consulate (Jan. 27)

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On January 27, a crowd will gather outside the Italian Consulate in New York, no matter the temperature.  It always does for International H...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Edith Bruck on surviving Auschwitz

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This line alone says so much:  "Chi ha Auschwitz come coinquilino devastatore dentro di sé, scrivendone e parlandone non lo partorirà m...
Monday, August 15, 2022

In Italy for the banner hed: "Addio al governo Draghi"

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I go to Italy to reconnect with the old Jeanne, the one who wasn't able to resist the siren call of il Bel Paese after her college gradu...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

Non è l’incapacità di narrare ... (Furio Colombo)

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“ Non  è  l’incapacit à  di narrare, ma l’incapacit à  della cosa di essere narrata.” -- Furio Colombo, in his introduction to Daniela Padoa...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Film: "La Mafia Uccide Solo D'estate" - (starts 5/1)

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With less than two weeks to go before I leave for my return trip to  Florence , I'm still actively preparing for my reunion with Italy....
Monday, March 02, 2015

Menefreghismo! Yes!

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There's an incredible new nonfiction book by the Economist's John Hooper called The Italians . How do I know it's incredible? ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Il Papa + Obama + Leo + U2

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From the Saturday morning journal, brought to you with no rush, but all the joy: I’m reading an article in the New York Times about the f...
Monday, December 31, 2012

Rita Levi Montalcini

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(Foto: ANSA) E' morta Rita Levi Montalcini. Trovo questo suo pensiero bellissimo: "Il corpo faccia quello che vuole. Io non so...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Ce l'ha fatta! Incredibile

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Italian Prime Minister Silvo Berlusconi survives another confidence vote in parliament. Him and cats -- nine lives.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

What's ailing Italy? Read The Economist

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This special report from The Economist (you can see the cover in this photo) is the most thorough I've seen on Italy's econ...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Italian women say: "Se non ora, quando?"

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"If not now, then when?" Italian women (and men) will be protesting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's treatment of women, b...
Friday, February 04, 2011

NYT photo: "Italy is not a whorehouse"

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(Credit: Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/European Pressphoto Agency) Here's what I'm reading this week: Sex Scandals in Italy Fuel D...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

NYT: A Soap Opera Starring Berlusconi

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Here's what I'm reading today: Week in Review Surreal: A Soap Opera Starring Berlusconi By RACHEL DONADIO Published: January 2...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Italy -- out of control -- yesterday

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I know we don't normally think of Italy as a scary place , but the protests yesterday that occurred in Rome after the Prime Minister sur...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Ce l'ha fatta Berlusconi?

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Ma com'e' possibile? C'e' da dire, pero': una rissa in aula? Priceless.
Saturday, November 13, 2010

NYT: End of Berlusconi era?

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Italy Senses Berlusconi Era Is Nearing End By RACHEL DONADIO Published: November 12, 2010 Analysts say a call for a confidence vote against ...
Sunday, August 01, 2010

NYT Business: "Is Italy Too Italian?"

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Molto interessante ......Soprattutto questi due brani: "To understand why...so much of Italy, is stagnant or worse, requires a bit of g...
Friday, July 30, 2010

"10 - 100 - 1000 -10000 R. Saviano...."

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Trovato su un muro nel Mezzogiorno: «10 - 100 - 1000 -10000 R. Saviano per i (casalesi) del clan» *Ma cosa vuol dire? Lucy, mi puoi aiutare...
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

400th Anniversary of publication of Galileo work

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Okay, I guess this sounds geeky but I think this conference on Galileo sounds really interesting! I receive these notices because I'm o...
Friday, April 09, 2010

Anti-Mafia Wine in Sicily

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My friend Nancy Greenleese produced a story for the American public radio show, The World , on winemakers in Italy who are defying the Mafia...