Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio il Magnifico

The Italians are obsessed with bidets. They dismiss as dirty the people of any country that does not provide bidets in every bathroom, whether public or private. As a Briton who ...

Silvio Berlusconi

What Is it With You Italians?

Mitt Romney branded Barack Obama's economic policies "€œEuropean"€ in his speech last Tuesday after Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the Republican primaries. As a British ...

Bastardi Corrotti!

The word "€œItalians"€ conjures up a number of epithets. Take, for example, "€œCorrupt Bastards."€ The Italians are mired in corruption. This is either despite or ...

Mario Monti

Italy’s Slow Suicide

I never cease to be amazed at how foreign newspapers, especially American or British ones, fail to report the truth about Italian politics. Since I moved here in 1998, I cannot ...

Resisting Catholicism

They tell me that I"€™m "€œliving the dream"€ because I live in Italy. Well, yes, Italy is quite a country and as I sink my remaining teeth into yet another bruschetta al ...


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