It is difficult to empathize with a mother who almost exterminated her own family. However, the very enormity and absurdity of her insane act dictate deep reflection, without indulging in purely emotional reactions.
Subjects covered: the problems inherent in the post-industrial and "green" vision of the economy; the social aftermath of the "no-vax hunt"; and the need to regain national sovereignty.
Under the effect of "deconstruction" and "globalization," it is hard to find shared values and beliefs in Italian culture that can unite the people. Will it be possible to return to the unifying and characterizing culture, the culture that is identity?
The Croton disaster is precisely the result of the excessive tolerance shown over the past two decades by the Italian authorities toward those who cross into our country illegally.
Italian and American experts, gathered in Rome on the initiative of the Machiavelli Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Heritage Foundation and the International Republican Institute, will meet to discuss the hottest issues of the moment.
The passing of Joseph Ratzinger, alias Pope Benedict XVI, marks the end of an era for the Catholic Church. In addition to being a religious leader, Ratzinger was an influential figure culturally and politically, and it is from a political perspective that this article tries to draw a brief portrait.
With all due respect to U.S. universities and their Italian imitations, only a model of education and assessment focused on the human and cultural growth of the student is capable of grasping and enhancing the enormous complexity of the human mind and its modes of learning.
One week after the vote, although - between recounts and appeals - some minor surprises we may still have, the scenario is sufficiently defined to paint a picture of the winners and losers in the recently concluded election round.
While I dismiss Calenda's proposal as a boutade, I disagree with the ease with which his detractors have dismissed it without appeal on the sole basis of mismatch with labor market needs.
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