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Dear Italian friends living in America, dear American friends, we have been saying here for a long time that ideology is suffocatingly back in Italy. Not the mighty one of the twentieth-century political narratives, good or bad as they have […]

Every time the topic of banks arises, it sparks heated debate. This is largely because, as a society and within ourselves, we haven’t decided what banks truly represent. Are they private companies driven by the logic and vision of the

Milan, the economic capital of Italy. Milan, the only truly European Italian city. Milan, home to the world’s most expensive real estate per square meter on the renowned fashion avenue, Via Montenapoleone. Yet, so often on these pages of Good

The latest, but not final, clash between the government and the opposition, within the increasingly battered body of Public Discourse, deserves some unpacking. We approach this with our style—fact-checking—a method and term we’ve borrowed from Anglo-Saxon journalism. Official data shows—without

And in the end, the Grillo parlante (the “talking cricket”) became the grillo morente (the “dying cricket”). I use the present participle and not the past because the perfect crime by Conte is only missing its legal stamp. The terrible

If Netanyahu is a war criminal then what is Putin? Certainly criminal too, but equal? And Italy, Israel’s historical ally, if it happens what does it do, arrest him? According to the rules of the founding statute of the International

Today, we’re delving into Italy, America, and Europe—a perfect blend for our editorial line. Last night, or rather, late into the night, as the historic Tg3 program Linea Notte airs at midnight, the prevailing theory was that the newly reached

This story comes from Castel Volturno, in Campania. A dog, cared for and raised by the cemetery caretaker, refuses to accept the loss of his human friend—”master” is a term I dislike. Each day, he wanders among the gravestones, quietly

In this publication, we’ve already examined the Hamlet-like dilemma surrounding the interpretation of Italy’s local elections: Are they local or national in significance? Or perhaps a mix of both? Considering the critical administrative role of regional governments, particularly if differentiated

Rarely has the Italian public debate been so focused on the relationship between politics and the judiciary. Apart from the intense, and perhaps unrepeatable, period of Tangentopoli, one must think back to the legendary clashes during Berlusconi’s era, or the