This week’s special reports: 1) ABC spotlight on racehorse cruelty; 2) Behind Hong Kong’s protest movement; 3) Boaty McBoatface shakes The Establishment; 4) Vatican engulfed in scandal – again!; 5) George Pell remains a player; 6) John le Carré monsters Boris Johnson; 7) Tosser of the Year award; 8) Lowy Institute’s prize of shame. …
Italy welcomes ascension of President-elect Donald Trump … Trump overshadows Italian referendum on December 4 … How the Italian Mafia funded Silvio Berlusconi … Casino billionaires to celebrate inauguration of “Silvio” Trump … plus Festival of Dangerous Ideas and Great Crashing Bores The Italian Connection Italy’s political and media class were the only ones in…
Dysfunctionality seems to sum up the state of the Western world’s politics and economies, but nowhere is it more spectacularly displayed than in Italy. The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI – the first resignation since Gregory XII in 1415 – was accompanied by an avalanche of Vatican scandal. Scotland’s Cardinal, Archbishop Keith O’Brien, has resigned…
