Once-upon-a-time, the Italy I know was... once-upon-a-time.

Thanks to the Web, the public domain is a mean slugfest. But writers always knew it.

When all's been seen, and re-seen, breakage loses its deep dark mystery, which it still has.

Neighborhood life is cool and subdued until you take a closer look.

The aftermath of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be the start of prequels.

If you want a hit of quick sociology, take a walk around the train station.

Walden Pond and Walt Whitman are AWOL in a post-ingenious age.

Italy may not work, but that doesn't mean it lacks ingenuity.

King Priam of Troy unwittingly has a kindred spirit — Barack Obama.

Fundraising in 'Wall Street' Italy stank of cigars.

When it comes to TV "news," noble pretenses are lies.