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  • Op-Eds

    On the Road to Naples I Discovered Why Italian American Politicians are their Own Worst Enemies

    Jerry Krase(January 15, 2016)
    Italian American politicians adhere to a corollary given by the 6th century BCE Chinese general Sun Tzu who wrote the Art of War. It was uttered by Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974): "My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer." My mother-in-law Rose Jordan-Nicoletti’s version of this Italian American proverb was “Don’t apologize! Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it.”
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    Peacemaking in the City

    Jerry Krase(November 25, 2014)
    The peacemaking services of Francis of Assisi have always been needed in the Big Apple, which presents glaring evidence of inter-group fear, hostility and potential for violence. No ethnic group has been immune. Italian Americans have often been in the middle of these conflicts as both victims and victimizers.
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    Bill de Blasio and the Combinatio Nova

    Anthony J. Tamburri(September 23, 2014)
    With his family of Chirlane, Dante, and Chiara, de Blasio has taken the combinatio nova =one step further in the melding of olive with black, offering up to society what portends at this juncture to be one of the newer forms of the American family of the future, one that is truly a rainbow reflection of U.S. society.
  • Facts & Stories

    Mogherini & De Blasio. The Italian Diaspora and its Impact Around the World

    Bianca Soria(May 17, 2014)
    Federica Mogherini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, meets mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall. The New York mayor clearly proclaims his Italian-ness in an open and proud manner by kicking off the meeting speaking Italian. Minister Mogherini underscore responds: " Italy is a superpower in terms of presence around the world, and we need to empower this huge resource we have. Building bridges with a strong leader like you in this part of the world is part of that process"
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    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Gracie Mansion

    Jerry Krase(January 07, 2014)
    There have been so many complaints about Bill De Blasio’s inauguration in the right-wing (di destra) mass media and apologies in the left-wing (di sinistra) mass media that I thought I should take a look/listen at his speech.