“Give us our daily dossier.” That’s how Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni captioned a post featuring herself and her sister Arianna, referencing the ongoing investigation in Bari. A bank official had been spying on the accounts of the Prime Minister, […]
The semantics—or to put it more simply, the meaning—of the word “tax,” more often used in the plural, “taxes,” is quite complicated. For the average citizen, it’s understood as something obligatory but unpleasant, especially when taxes are perceived as excessive
Weather is always a major topic of interest and discussion. Right now, in Northern Italy and in Milan, where I live, we are preparing for an Atlantic-derived cyclone. It’s only October 9th, but it feels like December. Experts are saying
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Italy is aging more and more: this is the alarm sounded by Istat to Parliament. By 2051, people will retire at 70, and the OECD has already warned that by that time, retirees will outnumber workers. Essentially, the pension and
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The day after the chaos in Rome, scenes of devastation remain. Street signs were ripped from the ground and used as makeshift spears, stones hurled, trees uprooted, and cars smashed. Thirty police officers were injured, and four demonstrators were detained.
Illness in our time has become part of public discourse, especially among leaders. It’s not hidden—neither the news itself nor its effects—but it’s openly declared and often turned into a cultural or political battle, or both. Think of John Paul
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A nail holds Italy hostage, many newspapers headline today regarding the explosive situation of high-speed trains and more, which have been halted due to a malfunction between Rome Termini and Rome Tiburtina. Passengers faced delays of up to three hours,
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There’s a word that is used now as if it were sparkling mineral water flowing quickly across the palate when one is thirsty. Yet, the semantics of this seemingly neutral word are terrible. It is almost synonymous with a third
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Do you remember the story of Lapalisse, the French marshal who died at the Battle of Pavia in 1525? They wrote that 15 minutes before his death, he was still alive, hence the “Lapalissian” truth. Now, the fact that the
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Today we discuss a paradox, a cultural and symbolic reversal that reflects the current state of our country, and perhaps many Western democracies. It’s a side effect of the new Middle Eastern crisis sparked by the October 7, 2023 attacks
