“There is around the name of Garibaldi a halo which nothing can extinguish: a whole life devoted to one object – his country; a name consecrated by deeds of honor, first abroad, and then at home; valor and constancy more than admirable; simplicity of life and manners which recalls the men of antiquity; all the… Read More Hero of the Two Worlds

“The people? They are the dust you draw your circles in. THOSE are the people! Sicilians are hopeless. I mean exactly that! Nothing changes here… EVER!” – Abbot Manfredi, in The Sicilian (1987) Buenos Aires – As I mentioned the other day, I found myself walking around Plaza Sicilia, on the chance of sighting a… Read More The Sicilian Connection