Mubarak ha telefonato al nostro Premier: "Aiutami sono lo zio di Ruby"Letta da varie parti. Lunga vita al genio, tuttora anonimo, che l'ha coniata.

Gad Lerner è talmente impegnato a sedare e schivare alcunché di interessante che accada nel suo studio televisivo che, quando Silvio Berlusconi chiama in diretta e gli dice che quello è un postribolo...

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The modern world is much like a sports arena, in which China has passed the first round and qualified for the final. As a newcomer, China may not be well prepared, with sloppy technique, lacking audience...

On his Fast Lane column on the Financial Times, the founder of Monocle* and Wallpaper Mr Brûlé penned a solution for our old, troubled peninsula: When Santa finishes depositing his parcels across...

«During a news conference, Mrs. Clinton said that many of her counterparts around the world had shrugged off any insults. One of them, she said, told her, “Don’t worry about it. You should see what...

The release of more than 250,000 US embassy cables reveals previously secret information on American intelligence gathering, and political and military strategy.   [...]  • How the hacker attacks...

From a story on Newsweek on the state of women in Italy, title "Bunga Bunga Nation".  The fourth paragraph reads: An appalling portrait of Berlusconi’s Italy emerges from the World Economic Forum’s...

The Berlusconi factor is unique among developed countries. His company Mediaset controls about half the television channels and the country's leading advertising agency. He and his family own the largest...

via foreignpolicy.com Muammar al-Qaddafi (or, Gheddafi, as we call him back home) is by far and large my favorite, but do check the others as well, by clicking on the above link. You'll see how...

A good infographic feature to help you understand the sorry state of Italian politics (source). If you need the dirty details, The Economist gives a brief explanation of what's going on. 

To say that a TED talk is interesting is lapalissian, but I find this one particularly poignant. I would love to see similar studies done on the Italian voting population.  

Come diceva Petrolini quando qualcuno dal loggione lo importunava: “Io non ce l’ho con te, ce l’ho con quello accanto a te che non te butta de sotto”. Ecco: gli italiani sono quelli accanto a lui. Berlusconi...