If Italy's driving test weren't so technical, even cattle might stand a chance.
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3 shades of summer
Different kinds of musical relief to keep a relentless summer at bay.
A dangerous silence
The details of the U.S. unmanned drone program are top secret, in itself a reason to worry.
The fat boys
Unlike adults, Italian youth is busy gobbling up anything the United States has to offer.
Mowgli
With children, uncompromising punks turn into marshmallow cream puffs.
Wussies
The American Dream might be helped along by gun-shy, Italian-style men.
Insatiable Ear
The author once suffered from a brain malfunction that no one knows to remember.
Z, Pi and Ustica
Three exceptionally well-assembled thrillers that effortless cross the lines of genre.
Il Bard
What if Shakespeare, the acknowledged master, were actually Florio Crollalanza?
Sicilian aromas
Fond memories can make eggplant parmigiana attractive in the dead of summer.
Football in trouble
Corruption, cash woes, and boring play are gnawing at the game's foundations.
Hazy shade of summer
A visit to two well-stocked Florentine enotecas yields a bevy of fine whites.