Rome's economic woes have led large numbers of people to reinvent their vocations.
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On complaining
It's easy to moan about what's not working for you, far harder to come up with a plan to stop it.
A day in the life
When an outpatient visit turns into a transatlantic flight, it's best to listen to those around you.
Lost opportunity
PBS had a golden opportunity to make World War I clear to a new generation, but forgot the fighting.
All the names
A friend's decision to change her given name brings the past front and center.
One deranged starling
When it comes to extremes of narcissism, all it takes is one sick bird to drive the flock.
L’Americana
Mulling over a return to poetry takes you back in time, some of it informed by Rome.
Limbs to lose
Postwar Europe's extremist charge is in part fueled by war having been made outdated.
The existential piazza
I stand several paces outside my northern town's post office gazing at the funeral notices, or necrology, plastered onto a [...]
Own it
"Owning" defects and traits is now in linguistic vogue, but there's a vaguely unsettling subtext.
Giovanni
Among the enlightened, ailments and physical woes bring to mind cures, but not for all.