An Institute colleague and I saw the much-ballyhooed The Odyssey last week in an IMAX theater necessary for the full dramatic effect. We both agreed that it was too long, too loud, and too Woke. We knew of the controversy ...

("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 ...