Memory Lane
Hornets
"Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut."
Carnal knowledge
Once-upon-a-time in Rome, newspapers and sex seemed on and the same.
Red boy, Hitler boy
When Spain played soccer, taking the other side was an unwise move.
Malaparte in letters
Author Curzio Malaparte's vanity shows through in a previously unpublished 1949 correspondence.
Sex & lizards
My hair flapped in the wind. I was King of Italy. Briefly.
Real dog, real flu
Don’t exaggerate the risk Avian Flu poses to your pet, but be vigilant, writes Erica Firpo.
May days
No postwar event rivals the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro.
Pet travel blues
Columnist Erica Firpo says that taking your pet on a trip depends on its passport. Getting one is the hard part.
Franco sarebbe morto
It was November 1975 and Chantal Dubois wanted the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco dead.
Teach me
Clare Pedrick thinks a little more schooling might do Italian students a great deal of good.
Perfectly clever
Clare Pedrick says the way Italians go about beating their system is inimitable.
Dead famished
At a Naples funeral, Clare Pedrick sobs sincerely, but she’s also — dare she say it — hungry.