Sometimes You Just Have To Be an [Insert Slang Term For the Rectum Here] To Do Things Right.

“Nice guy” policies have led to disaster in our big cities. My site has previously noted the open-air drug market in the Kensington section of Philadelphia; with published photos of junkies shooting up right on the street in front of SEPTA’s Allegheny Avenue train station, it’s pretty difficult not to notice. The government of Mexico …

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The Tales of Little Pavel, Episode 20: Little Pavel and the Knights of the Round Table

Political Satire:  Having trouble surviving these times?  You’re not alone.  Join us in columnist John F. Di Leo’s exploration of an alternate universe, where we imagine the impossible: An idealistic teenager, living in the 51st ward of a fictional city in middle America, volunteers at the local party headquarters, and learns a lesson or two …

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Cabrini-A Generational Heroine

When Hollywood produces a film about Italian Americans, it usually is of a certain vintage and the purveyors of such art are usually their descendants.  In a change of pace, enter the talented duo of director Alejandro Monteverde and screenwriter Rod Barr who collaborated last year on the highly acclaimed Sound of Freedom, one of …

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