After inventing every kind of alien invasion and visitation, the sad truth may be that we're... it.
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Low to the ground
Some Italians have seen more of the United States than Americans living in Rome.
Screwing with parrots
Literal translation can make a Rome water leak into a matter for parrots, torches and moles.
With the greatest of ease
A Baroque Turin building yields a school for circus acrobats and dancers.
Game of bones
No matter how mauling, civil wars must be run their course, and teach lessons.
Old ghosts
"Punishing" Syria might satisfy an instant gratification planet, but solves less than nothing.
No nutmeg
On vacation with Italians would not have been up Thoreau's "anti-social" alley.
Ground zeroed
Up close, America is all about what goes up and what comes down — constantly.
Hill and dale
For an American new to Italy, Ferragosto's rites swiftly turned essential.
Them’ again
Egypt is being torn apart yet again, this time by fearing its own shadows.
Polynesia
Youthful dreams, real as they are when conjured, can gradually lose their sheen.
Venus and Mars
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin are polar opposites, reflecting roots and culture.