September 2009 - The American Mag

The Seasons of Rome: A Journal

By Christopher P. Winner | September 28th, 2009

Paul Hoffmann's 1997 recollection of Rome contains eternal wisdom, and considerable wit.

In Rome, an apartment custodian can be a know-it-all, and a friend.

Don't underestimate 14-year-old Romans and their parents in the presence of kayaks and Ondatra zibethicus.

When it comes to hygiene, a hole is a hole in any language.

Peppery carbonara at Rome's Ciccia Bomba ai Parioli.

Italy's history of wartime failure and ongoing sense of global inadequacy make combat deaths unbearable.

Walking into Teutonic Walser-land in Val d’Aosta is a Swiss appetizer.

Nick Hornby doesn't try to be hyper-literary. The result (as always) is wholly satisfying.

If you're going to make a farewell-to-newspapers thriller at least get the paper size right.

"You lie!" may sound bad, but it's hardly worse than what George W. Bush and others got.

According to author David Ranan's controversial view of the Catholic Church, "faith" and "good" are not synonymous.

How honoring Leonardo's The Last Supper became a project for the ages.