February 2017 - The American Mag

Ill-winds blowing

By Vittorio Jucker | February 28th, 2017

What's left of the EU's good name may take a further beating with the right rising and harbinger elections looming in Holland and France.

Seeking ways to stanch its financial bleeding, Italy is offering the world's wealthy a handsome invitation.

When in doubt, repair the"baby parking" mess and teach English — or try.

What, you ask, is the role of the Tiber in Umbria. The answer was once in the region's flour.

After living in Italy for around six years (seven if you count my time as an abroad student), I've convinced [...]

When infants distract parents with squealing and crying, the name of the game is life-giving attention.

Swimming in a Milan temple of fascism can help with the creative process, no tyranny required.

Does "America first" sound familiar? It should, since it has a long backyard history.

Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railway" is a searing indictment of the biggest of all American crimes, slavery.

In New York, a new president and his erratic ways are roiling many daily lives.

Mel Gibson''s return to directing is a World War II epic about a heroic conscientious objector.

Theodore Melfi's movie about black women at NASA in the early 1960s is driven by Taraji P. Henson.