Paterno I had been to Paolo Guarnaccia’s family farm in 2009 when a group of us had dinner with his family while talking about the Simeto Valley. Now I saw it differently as we joined his wife for a simple and delicious lunch there. I had not fully realized that the farm was still in Paterno, …
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Citizen Participation in Paterno and Banks Settle for Billions On Small Foreclosure Aid
Paterno Every place is different whether town or country, but there’s something about waiting for a meeting to start in many countries that always feels the same. My presentation in Paterno before the members of La Citta civic movement and many others who had been invited was scheduled for 7 pm. I had been warned …
Komen Retreat, Sicilian Shutdown, & Civics at Crossroads
Palermo It was exciting to hear of the Komen retreat before the storm of opposition, web-rage twitter-storm, and plain and simple disgust expressed by women – and men – everywhere for their craven cave-in to Hate Nation and restoration of their funding to Planned Parenthood. The news went across the CNN screen in the …