Berlusconi III puts him among the “greats” … For decades, the only way to tell between Italian carbon-copy governments was using Roman numerals, like an arcane exercise in papal tracking. There was Andreotti II (1972), not to be confused with Andreotti V (1979) — different health ministers and incubent U.S…

Obama found himself in the enviable position of taking on hapless Republicans. The Internet run amok is new. So is instant communication, the proliferation of unfiltered opinion and the possibility of feeding and processing instantaneous political information. These are all truly novel developments that are quickly altering the face and…

Saying good bye to the last strongman. Money matters in Italy. People who have either much or little guard it jealousy. Media-driven economic hysteria doesn’t deter the need for milk or Nutella. In the passing fad category is the obsessive dissecting of Silvio Berlusconi’s final days. With or without him,…