Closing Argument
When time stops
There are times when events and images conspire to become etched in our hearts and minds. One for me came on a [...]
The Lamborghini VI (or, Nell’s impermanence)
The silver Lamborghini eased into the drive with the aura of a jungle cat on medication. When Nell got out I could [...]
Philanthropy by any other name
In April, Rome cheered the opening of a new museum of 20th- and 21st-century Italian art. According to the Italian new agency [...]
A boy named Zboo
My first job out of college was as a bartender at the Victoria Station flagship restaurant in San Francisco, the first of [...]
Meet Alice on the warpath
Don Carroll's Alice is having a difficult time imagining wonderland as new taxes kick in.
Truths we know
If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power [...]
Republican journey’s end
In 1861, San Marino sent embattled Abraham Lincoln a letter of support. No such letter is today on its way to the White House.
Taxes vs. penalties
The new U.S. tax law is unlikely to change much for American expats, but keep an eye out for Italian penalties.
Icebergs and rapids
Italy has many flaws, but its attention to health care isn't one, something the U.S. should learn from.
Dangers at face value
It's time for the Big 5 social media giants, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn to put an end to stalling and open their gates.
Little tolerance, little awareness
Debating what the legal status of prostitution should be is a moral and humanitarian minefield.
Quality control
Mass murderers bypass social safeguards by not standing out. Which places the onus on their "tools."
“Closing Argument” Author
Don Carroll
Don Carroll is an American attorney in Rome specializing in U.S. income, gift and estate tax. He is also legal counsel to U.S.-based colleges, universities and non-profit organizations with programs in Italy.