Getting beyond the “British” war
With English-born director Sam Mendes’s film “1917” landing on movie screens the world over, I've been hearing variations on the [...]
Hitler was then, not now
Columnist Madeleine Johnson, tired of comparisons between today's America and Nazi days, turns to history for guidance.
A personal lexicon
The detail that seemed to most often excite my friends when I told them I'd once lived in Italy was [...]
Out of the moment
One of the losses I've had to compensate for since moving from Milan to New Hampshire two years ago is [...]
When Capricorn equals Naples
What often struck me when I lived in Italy was the way people identified themselves as from Tuscany, the Veneto [...]
One man’s “socialism”
My childhood home was a hotbed of the conservative movement. Free-market economist Milton Friedman, who presided over conservative economics from [...]
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 [...]