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...many years. I like his songs, his movies and the way he has frequently voiced his opinion on matters that could be considered political. However, I have never considered him a politician. His bucolic, earthy personality makes him likable, but he is not my idea of a Prime Minister. Silvio Berlusconi is. Clayton J. Hubbard Trieste, Italy Yet Another Guy Now that Samuel Alito Jr. has been nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court [Nov. 14], will someone argue that the biggest reason he should not be confirmed is his gender? If the Supreme Court is to reflect...
...Buttiglione adds that the Cardinal has a talent for communicating with his countryfolk. "Cardinal Ruini is deeply, deeply Italian," he says. That's a talent that will be in even greater demand in the run-up to April elections, when Italian voters will decide whether to reinstall Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for another five years or to oust him in favor of former European Commission President Romano Prodi. Thirty-six years ago, a young priest officiated at the wedding of a fresh-faced economics professor, who, like the priest, came from a region near Bologna. The priest and the professor...
Roberto Benigni was in great form last Thursday night, frantically pacing the stage in search of "one thing, just one thing!" that Silvio Berlusconi has done for Italy since becoming Prime Minister in 2001. The Oscar-winning film director and comedian was a guest on RockPolitik, an irreverent mix of song, satire and sermonizing hosted by Italy's most popular entertainer, Adriano Celentano. After sitting down to write a mock letter of apology to Berlusconi, the odd couple racked their brains for something positive to say. Drawing a blank, the scrawny comic then feigned a call to a friend...
...tried several times to convince the American President to not go to war." SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Italian Prime Minister, who was publicly a staunch supporter of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, recalling private conversations he says he had with President Bush...
...Venice loved it,” he says. “They all thought it was about [Prime Minister Silvio] Berlusconi...