For Silvio Berlusconi, there's one man he can always count on: Himself.

A hole is to dig, except that Rome has far too many of them.

Sometimes a shot in the rain is all it takes to see into a hoped-for future.

Xenophobia and racism are as American as redbaiting, and as beatable.

It's easy to overlook history's existence until you come upon October 17, 752.

Lessons from the crash? Panic generates more panic, and people-fixes are ancient history.

Complicate input — a financial crash, say — and the brain plays with matches.

Want succulent Google to translate for you? Be facilitated at your own risk.

The mother of all storms is caricature. Tell a friend.

It Italy, first impression doesn't go away. What does that say about election America?

Oversimplifying the Obama-McCain face-off is unfair to both candidates.