Painting for Pisa Aug 27, 2008
"Painters like Giotto and Michelangelo have painted the history of Italy the story of the Renaissance. I am small by comparison," he said. Before picking up his brush, Luca studies sketches in preparation. (BBC News)
Trash and Politics Italian Style May 23, 2008
My friend Michael Ledeen, an expert on Italian fascism, Eurocommunism, the history of Italy, terrorism, and many other subjects, is completing a book on Naples. He compares it to New Orleans, another corrupt city. (Townhall.com)
Silvio Berlusconi is back . . . the glamour Apr 16, 2008
(Google +Putnam +diversity) Here's a quote: "In the presence of diversity, we hunker down. We act like turtles. The effect of diversity is worse than had been imagined. And it s not just that we don t trust people who are not like us. In diverse communities, we don t trust people who do look like us. ' THAT'S what Italy needs-- distrust of the sort only ethnic and racial diversity can bring! Seriously, multiculturalism is like communism: a nice sounding ideology that flies in the face of human... (Times Online)
Forty Days: Beginning of an adventure in Italy Jun 30, 2007
For once I had carefully prepared for this vacation by reading a number of tour books so that we might pick the highlights of the history of Italy. Our reason for choosing Verona as our first destination was, of course, how far one could travel in one day, as well as seeing its coliseum - a smaller version of the one in Rome - which was still being used to put on open air operas. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
What Your Car Says About You Feb 27, 2007
"The identity of the brand is wrapped up in the history of Italy and vice-versa," says a company spokesman. "Everything that is grand and great about Italy and the approach to life in Italy is a big part of it.". (Forbes)
Foreign insect threat to some of Italy's finest chestnut forests Jan 15, 2007
The BBC's Mark Duff in Milan says the chestnut has almost totemic significance in the rural and culinary history of Italy. For centuries it meant the difference between life and death for poor peasants with little else to eat, our correspondent says. (BBC News -- Europe)
