Category Archives: English

The Courage to Be Heroes (Part II)

Posted on August 17, 2017 by babbityjean

This is the second (and final) part of the post on Falcone and Borsellino.  The entire article is a collaboration with my friend, Jean Perloff, who is an attorney and italophile.  The first part ended with a conversation between Giovanni … Continue reading →

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The Courage to be Heroes (Part I)

Posted on August 10, 2017 by babbityjean

This post will be in 2 parts.  The second part will appear next week.  The entire article is a collaboration with my friend Jean Perloff, lawyer and italophile.  She wrote 2 long essays on Falcone and Borsellino.  These posts are … Continue reading →

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Cassini’s Grand Finale

Posted on August 3, 2017 by babbityjean

In 1610 Galileo was the first to spot Saturn through a telescope.  Later that century, another Italian astronomer, Gian Domenico Cassini, discovered four of Saturn’s moons and the division of the planet’s rings.  Three hundred years later, the Italian Space … Continue reading →

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