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    I despise Columbus Day and the Blue Angels

    OCTOBER 5, 2012 1:06PM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: belief/religion, news, politics, environment, columbus day, blue angels, military, italian americans, italian heritage day, sacco and vanzetti, vito marcantonio

    • 2 Ratings
    • 887 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Santorum: the new Mussolini

    MARCH 11, 2012 4:24PM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: gop, republican primary, vito marcantonio, pietro santorum, italian americans, rick santorum, belief/religion, politics, news

    • 17 Ratings
    • 1206 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    A Culture Lost - Italians in America

    FEBRUARY 1, 2012 11:06PM

    By toritto


    Topics: poetry, economy, family, italian americans, radicalism, galleani, tresca, marcantonio, lawrence strike, ludlow, anarchists, socialism

    • 13 Ratings
    • 2013 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Rick Santorum Is NOT Like Us!

    JANUARY 9, 2012 6:59AM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: politics, italians, ethnic vote, rick santorum, italian americans

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1387 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    An Italian/American against Columbus Day

    OCTOBER 4, 2011 11:40AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: belief/religion, news, politics, columbus day, italian americans, columbus, october 12, indigenous people's day

    • 9 Ratings
    • 319 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 10: She Buys a House

    JULY 10, 2011 3:30PM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: builder as serpent and lot and home as apple, rent or buy, marriage, lucy never pulled this one off, building, housing, italian americans, detroit, depression, grandpa, grandma

    • 12 Ratings
    • 352 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 9: She Has a Baby and Another Loss

    JULY 8, 2011 9:40AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: rickets doesn't seem right because i don't believe it's fatal, childhood, dreams of death, family pain, family tragedy, family history, memories, a long time ago, detroit, italian americans, early 1920s, grandfather, grandmother, death, birth, life

    • 10 Ratings
    • 744 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 8: She Gets Pregnant and Eats Some Pie

    JULY 5, 2011 8:14AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: grandma, grandpa, memories, 1920s, detroit, italian americans, young family, starting out in life, babies, babies, babies, the sunday of the big panza, pie, cravings, men who need to learn, me i would have gone for a sanders hot fudge sundae, how much is that pie in the window, superstitious italians, what is a grape head anyway

    • 13 Ratings
    • 419 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 7: She Marries and Suffers a Loss

    JUNE 30, 2011 7:16AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: family history, love, grandparents, 1920s now, italian americans, marriage, weddings, overly impish friends, you call this a wedding night, you call this a honeymoon, life brings joys and tragedy, darkness, death, so there it happened

    • 15 Ratings
    • 459 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Grandma’s Tale, part 5: She Goes to Work and Meets a Soldier

    JUNE 25, 2011 7:59AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: grandma, grandpa, immigrants, immigration, 1900s, 1910s, italian americans, detroit, hard work, hard work, protecting herself, candy is dandy, and a little play, awful coffee, separation, love, world war i, soldiers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1828 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Laughing at Mussolini

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 8:33AM

    By toritto


    Topics: italian americans, tresca, mussolini, italy, fascism, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 387 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    You Did Good Salvatore!

    NOVEMBER 28, 2010 10:48AM

    By toritto


    Topics: sal giunta, godfather, sopranos, jersey shore, italian american stereotypes, pop culture, italian americans, afghan war, medal of honor, salvatore giunta, television, politics, family, news

    • 10 Ratings
    • 1349 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    My Italian American Family & How To Make Meatballs And Sauce

    MARCH 16, 2010 11:20PM

    By Rosycheeks


    Topics: pasta sauce, italian americans, recipes

    • 19 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Red Star's EXCLUSIVE, One-On-One Interiew With Jesus Christ

    NOVEMBER 23, 2009 11:23AM

    By Red Star


    Topics: travel, news, family, comedy, belief/religion, homeland security, the middle east, the united states, judaisim, italian americans, david derosa, philosophy, religion, christianity, catholicism, jesus

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