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Tag Archives: italy
Friday AM briefs
There’s way too much news this week, from the Libya to the milleproroghe, from Macedonia’s electoral crisis to the role of social media in the events that have shaken the Arab world. Fini’s proclamation that the PM was not … Continue reading
Posted in Balkans, electoral crisis, fini, il cav, italy, macedonia, the italian right
Tagged economist, fini, italy, libya, macedonia, milleproroghe, the third italy
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I thought it was the USA…
…or just another country? I’m not sure what’s more depressing — the amount of ‘worst’ categories that my adopted country is in, or the amount of ‘worst of the worst’ categories that my native country is in. But something about … Continue reading
Posted in america, decline of empire, italy
Tagged America, decline, gini coefficient, income inequality, italy
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Lelemore Lelemore
If you find recent write-ups on the doings at Arcore too much to bear lately, then get your day started right with this hilarious Grease parody. Warning: not only do you have to follow the news and Italian, you have … Continue reading
Posted in electoral crisis, humor, il cav, italy, the italian right
Tagged arcore, berlusconi, grease, italy, john travolta, politics
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Post-Holiday Post
Happy Epiphany everyone. I’m just in from an utterly exhausting holiday trip to Rovigo, Louisville and Washington DC, and after yesterday’s 24-hour trip home, I’m too spent to do much other than post this ridiculous 1951 Warner Brothers cartoon featuring … Continue reading
Posted in america, humor, italy, literature
Tagged gates, hemingway, italy, looney tunes, zuckerburg
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Knab S’tel!
I’m not entirely sure what to say about this at the Banco di Sardegna near Corso Sempione, but I walk by it every night and it seems like the most peculiar deterrence to me: positioned inside the entryway to the … Continue reading
Genoa
Why is Genoa always a place for spectacular violence? There is much to be said about the violence of Serbian football fans in Genoa yesterday, but alas, I have to be away from the computer all day today. Mainly what … Continue reading
Posted in Balkans, football, italy, jeremic, serbia, the right in europe, ultras
Tagged football, gangsterism, italy, Jeremic, serbia, violence
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Class is in session
Meanwhile, the first week of school last week meant tons of education reform excitement in Italy (as well as less posted from your chronicler). Yes — a subject that usually makes most Americans huddle and cry while as vaguely-defined horrors … Continue reading
Posted in education, eu, gelmini, italy, the italian left
Tagged Education, Education reform, Educators, gelmini, italy, K through 12, lega nord, No Child Left Behind Act, northern league, Private school, United States
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Svezia, inferno e paradiso
One expects political upheaval in Italy. After all, the country has had as many governments as Boliva since World War Two, and my primer on Italian politics had a photo of parliamentarians fist-fighting on the cover. But — Sweden? As … Continue reading
Posted in eu, immigration, italy, lega nord, the italian right, the right in europe
Tagged bossi, Denmark, EU, far-right, france, immigration, italy, lega nord, Netherlands, New York Times, northern league, politics, sweden, United States, upheaval
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More on the Roma Debate
Berlusconi comes out with Sarkozy against criticism on France’s treatment of Roma. Quoted in Le Figaro yesterday, “[EU Citizen’s Rights Commissioner] Reding would have done better to treat the subject in private with French leaders before speaking publicly as she … Continue reading
Posted in eu, france, gypsies, immigration, italy, lega nord, roma, romania, sarkozy, the right in europe
Tagged EU, European Union, france, immigration, italy, Le Figaro, Nicolas Sarkozy, roma, Romani people, Romania, Sarkozy
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