“If you want to be in this business,” howled my editor, “you’ve got to know hate."
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Breakage
You are a cultured man, says the Peruvian. We are ignorant. They pay us €30 a day.
Beggar’s Day
Pay attention to the Middle East, scolds a friend. Look! Look there! How awful! “No,” I say.
Pseudo-Justice
The soccer scandal gratifies those who’ve made a 20-year espresso conversation out of soccer conspiracies centered in Turin.
Head Games
Was Zinedine Zidane wrong to throw his World Cup head butt? Yes. Is the response one of sincere concern. Nonsense.
TUTTO VERO!
The 2006 World Cup message was the same as its 24-year-old brother.
The 10 Billion
What Americans most dislike about soccer is not so much its pace but the way fans surrender to it. As Italy's victory showed, the game is its own master.
Pussy Footing
"Goldfinger" is, well, a cat … A cat, I interrupted. My father was taking me to see a movie about a cat?
Fixings
While struggling to master the soccer scandal, I realized that seeking "facts" was misplaced.
Good deeds
When you lose it — literally — you're at the mercy of a few good souls.
Operation Inevitable Failure
Working in Italy "in nero," or without authorizing documentation, can complicate life.
The Right Man
An intelligent, consummately decent man of untainted gifts, Claudio Cappon finally (and deservedly) has his old job back — leading RAI.