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Italy - Presidential Election: Blank Ballots on Day One

On Day One of the election for the twelfth president of Italy, the polling opened in the Chamber of Deputies at 3 pm. Four hours later the vote is still being counted, but...

Renzi’s “Jobs Act” Passes Confidence Vote in the Senate and Among EU Opinion-Makers

Judith Harris

In a turbulent session late Wednesday Premier Matteo Renzi’s labor reform bill known as the “Jobs Act” was passed in the Senate. Accompanying that passage was a successful...

Andrew Cuomo: Tribulations and Perhaps Trials

Jerry Krase

Andy, the least lovable Cuomo is in deeper stuff than usual. The New Times reported recently that he “hobbled” investigations by the Commission he established when it got too...

Sizzling Summer for Senate and for Silvio

judith Harris

Giorgio Napolitano has pitted the weight of his presidency and his prestige against the delaying tactics that currently tie the Senate into knots. The introduction of 7,800...

Rather Grimm Fairytales

Jerry Krase

Dominic M. Recchia is trying to fill the somewhat dirty shoes of incumbent Congressman Michael Grimm. However, I must warn him that strange things have happened to those elected...

The Routes of Success for a Few Italian American Politicians

jerry krase

Examining the personal qualities and ethnic ties of Westchester County Executive and Empire State Gubernatorial wannabe Robert Astorino, Empire State Governor and Presidential...

The Irish Routes of Success for a few Italian American Politicians

Jerry Krase

There is an excess of successful Italian American politicians in the New York Metropolitan Area and as I’ve spent too much time on NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio, I shall turn my...

Let’s Call Them Rules, Not Quotas!

Giulia Madron

Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò hosted a round table dedicated to women and politics. Special guest: Valeria Fedeli, Vice President of the Italian Senate.

As Others See Us

Judith Harris

For the next two weeks Matteo Renzi, who heads the Partito Democratico, and Premier Enrico Letta, who heads the government in the name of that same party, are expected to remain...

The Atonal Symphony of Political Italy

Judith Harris

Let's imagine political Italy as if a performance by a symphony orchestra playing less Mozart than modern atonal, by definition music lacking a tonal center or key. The conductor,...

A Day, or so, in the Life of Jerry Krase, De Blasio Campaign Volunteer

Jerry Krase

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn began Ivan’s bitterly cold and dark day as a forced laborer in a Gulag camp, mine began a bit more leisurely on a brilliantly warm and sunny Tuesday...

Letta on the Crest of a Wave

Judith Harris

Stormy seas lie ahead but for the moment Premier Enrico Letta is riding on the crest of a wave. With the now definitive splintering of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's highly...

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