A few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reviewed a book titled Gowanus Crossing. If ever there was a book ready for the trash heap, this is the one. It is purportedly a memoir by author Vincent Coppola (no relation ...

("Of the dead, say nothing but good," Italian monk Ambrogio Traversari, 3rd century AD). Vincent Pastore: "a beautiful soul" (Lorraine Bracco) Never speak ill of the dead, we're told. Either out of superstition, bad luck, or just plain bad manners, ...

Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs. Enter Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who debuted together on ...

Alfred E. Smith Who were the pioneer U.S. government officials with Italian roots? The answers are more than names that belong in history books. In a tangible way they provide a measure of how far Italian-Americans have come in the ...