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John Mancini – Founder and Executive Director
May Musings
With fictional Vice President Giannelli In the political thriller Seven Days in May, a novel published in 1962, the U.S. Vice President was named Giannelli. He had no first name nor was his character developed in either the book or ...
Bill Dal Cerro, Senior Analyst
LA BRAVA GENTE
Three recent news items, from the trivial to the profound, all extolling the same point: namely, the deep, grounded humanism of the Italic people. Let's start with the trivial. First is an Instagram video posted by Karin Kidlow, the sister ...
Rosario A. Iaconis, Senior Analyst
What Ken Burns Left Out
Contrary to Ken Burns’ recent documentary on the American Revolution, it was a band of Italians, the ancient Romans—not the Iroquois—who served as the model for our fledgling republic. Those are Roman fasces mounted in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
