My father, tis of thee
I made an interesting discovery a few weeks ago while searching for photos of my father to share on Facebook [...]
The roots of the matter
Uno tira l’altro, or “One pulls another.” While this Italian expression may sound like an Iron Curtain slogan —“One pulls [...]
D-Day’s many lessons
The Normandy Beach landings were an extraordinary act of military heroism, but historical context helps broaden the picture, writes Madeleine Johnson.
The Polar Bear Expedition
Over the past decade, author James Carl Nelson has filled a lamentable gap and made a niche for himself writing [...]
Of stove and screen
Working at my desk the other day, I felt the house cool as dusk fell. But since it's officially spring [...]
Twice as vice
Not a day goes by that I don't notice an example of an American trend I wasn't aware of during [...]
Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome
As a reviewer, I've read a lot of entries in what I might call the “foreign woman living in Italy [...]
Thursday night, the University Club
For columnist Madeleine Johnson, thinking back to long ago Midwestern evenings means card games and music, Lottie and Mildred presiding.
Fallacies on immigration
Whenever I used to tell people that I lived in Italy, the response was almost inevitable. "Oh, that's always been [...]
What you can and cannot see
The highlight of my 2018 was a trip to France to commemorate the centenary of the World War I Armistice, [...]
The greening of catalog culture
When columnist Madeleine Johnson was young, one Christmas catalog fit all. Not so in 21st-century America, a nation of tribes.
Going “home” again
More than a year ago, I moved to rural New Hampshire from Milan, where I had lived for 30 years. [...]