An American journalist heads for Italy to see his country changing from afar.

urbino

  • The Liberal Tradition

    I found a book titled “The Light of Italy” in a bookrack facing the very piazza where that “Light,” Duke Federico da Montefeltro, had grandly expanded his Palazzo. This was at the height of Montefeltro’s rule before he died in… Continue reading

    The Liberal Tradition

  •  Sorrow at Urbino’s Sugar Café

    Let’s meet at the Sugar Café. Buongiorno, Giovanni. . . . Buongiorno, my friend. If Giovanni Garbugli was at his café when you arrived, he might be the waiter who brought out your order of coffee, pastries, and salami, with… Continue reading

     Sorrow at Urbino’s Sugar Café