We came out of the storm several. Worse or better? I would say: we have not gone back. In our own way, we have moved on. The pandemic has forced us to find within ourselves – in our cities, in our families, in our heads, in our hearts – resources we didn’t know we had. … Read more
It is the morning of December 31, 1960, “the first anniversary of the young and cheerful revolution that had put the dictator Fulgencio Batista to flight”. Under the ladder of the plane are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Françoise Sagan and an Italian journalist: Furio Colombo, who arrived from New York with a pencil visa … Read more
The confession had come in 2016, live and with a lot of irony, during one of the Artist Talk del Cima, the Center for Italian Modern art in New York: Morandi was for me a unique and unrepeatable master, not only of art, but also of modesty, generosity, passion for small things. Then citing his … Read more
Walter Tobagi was brutally killed because it represented what the brigatists denied and wanted to erase. He was a free journalist, who investigated reality beyond stereotypes and prejudices, and terrorists did not tolerate narratives other than their ideological schematism. He was a Democrat, a reformer, and this was unbearable for extremist fanaticism. He was a … Read more
Dear Aldo, I bitterly noticed the comments addressed to Minister Bellanova for her emotion during the press conference at Palazzo Chigi on Wednesday. I would say that, to a simple citizen, the tears of a woman who knows the humiliation of the exploitation of agricultural work seems preferable to certain gestures aimed at the opponent, … Read more
The University of Chicago Medicine has begun a clinical trial to study whether the blood plasma of people who have recovered from COVID-19 can be used to treat hospitalized patients in serious condition. The trial will recruit plasma donors from existing UChicago Medicine patients and others in Chicago who tested positive and recovered from COVID-19. … Read more
Dear Aldo, the doctors, nurses and health workers sent to fight the coronavirus without adequate protection have reminded me of our Alpine troops and soldiers who in 1941-43 were sent to the hell of freezing Russia to fight with cardboard shoes and good uniforms for all seasons. With the difference that while the Italian army … Read more