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I’ve been commenting on the public machinations and private peccadilloes of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for many years. And I’ve always been stupefied by the way he invariably escaped the consequences of his bad, if not illegal, behavior. It is his reported schtupping of underage girls at these bacchanalian soirees that has finally ensnared him in a legal… Read more.
Silvio Berlusconi has been the richest and most charismatic man in Italy for many years. But the origins of his fortune remain such a mystery that many accuse him of “going into politics so as to not go to jail”. And into politics he did go. Moreover, few were surprised when he became the most… Read more.
It is his reported schtupping of underage girls at these bacchanalian soirees that has finally ensnared him in a legal vice grip from which I doubt even he can escape. (Berlusconi caught in sex vice grip, The iPINIONS Journal, February 10, 2011) The irony is not lost on me that it is a female judge who ruled today that… Read more.
I’ve been commenting on the public machinations and private peccadilloes of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for many years. And I’ve always been stupefied by the way he invariably escaped the consequences of his bad, if not illegal, behavior. In fact, the only time he appeared to suffer any blow to his Caesarian pride in… Read more.
It must confound friends and foes alike that Silvio Berlusconi has become the longest-serving prime minister in post-war Italy, having served May 1994 – January 1995, June 2001 – May 2006, and May 2008 – present. After all, each of his stints in power has been distinguished by political gaffes and sex scandals the likes… Read more.
Just months ago, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was heralded in Washington as the hero of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution.” And, despite unsightly scars (from dioxin poisoning) that make him look more like a beastly ogre than the matinee idol he used to be, Yushchenko stood proud. A rare joint session of the US Congress showered him… Read more.
