An old refrain in our community is that southern Italians were either farmers or fishermen. Indeed, we are very much a people who were tied to the soil or the sea. Even today, some of us may enjoy producing tomatoes ...

Did da Vinci draw this? In the United States, we've yet to have any kind of meaningful conversations about limiting the ease with which people (even non-citizens!) can purchase handguns. Conversations, mind you, not radical legislative measures. The 2nd Amendment ...

U.S. Ambassador to Rome, Tilman J. Fertitta, has got nothing on me. Having sojourned last year to Calabria’s majestic Costa degli Dei—the Coast of the Gods—where the pristinely transparent sea meets the vast cerulean sky, I found myself, one year ...

Frank Sinatra lived to 82, Connie Francis to 87 and Tony Bennett to 96. Like many other Italian-American singers they were blessed with longevity. At least three, however, were not. They apparently were under a maledizione (Italian curse). Russ Columbo ...

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 ...