Claudio Brachino

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 […]

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

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

Poor Cav, even now that he has flown to the heavens, they are still arguing over him, looking to the skies because it’s the plaque in his name at Malpensa Airport that is the cause of the discord. Just a

If you place desirable seats around a field, players will start to brawl. In a matter of hours, the so-called “wide field” turns into a battlefield of rubble. Forget minimum wage, differentiated autonomy, or citizenship rights. All it took was

If you push the Green agenda, we might end up broke. I want to clarify for those translating into English: if you pursue the Green agenda in an ideological sense, we will remain broke in an economic sense. This is

I return to discussing Milan, Italy’s economic capital, and once again focus on issues of safety. This time, the protagonists are irregular migrants, specifically Moroccans. This is neither racism nor a xenophobic obsession or ideological fixation. It is pure reporting

The issue of objectivity in journalism frequently resurfaces when discussing politics, and more recently, it has become a prominent topic in discussions about the economy. This is not surprising, given that much of politics intersects with the economic challenges of

“I am an Italian, a true Italian,” sang Toto Cutugno. But here, Toto has become Jannik, and Cutugno has transformed into Sinner. There’s no singing here, only tennis played with a sublime melody of strokes. His hair is Scottish red,

In the wake of the Sangiuliano-Boccia case, one wonders: who resigns in Italy? And what are the criteria for a resignation? Are they objective, subjective, judicial, or reputational? There are cases where all categories apply, yet nothing happens. No one