Boris told me the Martians already owned seven planets and were preparing to conquer an eighth.
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Teach me
Clare Pedrick thinks a little more schooling might do Italian students a great deal of good.
Call It Eurotrash
Rome has always been a Latin Big Easy, a loud, lusting, disingenuous city dependent on favors.
Santa Turk
Santa's a Turkish-born, American-made chubby elf with roots in Holland and Germany who likes Coke.
Husband-in-law
When your wife leaves you, your world can suddenly acquire a surreal feel.
Over here
"When are you coming home?" is a question that punctuates my Rome life.
Fondling Ophelia
What might history have in mind? The answer is you, more of you, always you: In smaller doses, but always you: A war.
Suicide Rant
The trinity of terrorist strategy is efficiency, cost-effectiveness and impact. Impact is the hardest to gauge.
Insight Lite
Sometimes, headlines pack too much punch to bear gracefully. But jotting down your thoughts can give you a leg up.
Men on Fire
Italy has many defects when it comes to race and immigration, but not on the scale of France.
Ahmed exposed!
The United States, says a White House insider, should broadcast a global peril known so far only to a select few.
Little Big Man
Rehearse cool stuff to say about yourself long enough and the mirror eventually cops an attitude. “Whatever,” it says.