Turncoat mafioso’s statement about media depictions of Italian Americans is “smoking gun” say some Italian-Americans. No kidding.
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What do you do when you discover an unsavory fact from your family history?
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The government and the media are saying that the recent indictments of dozens of reputed gangsters prove that La Cosa Nostra's power is undiminished. But there are good reasons to be skeptical of such claims.
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The crackdown on Mafia shows Italy at its best. Southern Italian cities, though plagued by many serious problems, no longer seem to be suitable places for a good mobster to hang out. That, at least, is progress.
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At least 80 people have been arrested in a major crackdown on the Mafia carried out by Italian and American law enforcement agencies.
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If critiques of movie/TV shows get beyond the criminality and make more comprehensive literary critiques of these dramas, they will find many positive literary qualities which may explain their popularity with Italian Americans.
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In the midst of the latest overheated political dramas over the national budget, electoral reform, and the high price of pasta, an old specter continues to haunt Italy: organized crime.
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Italian Americans have a long history of taking offense and of consuming big meals. Maybe it’s time they started to laugh at themselves and to eat less.
