Now that Barack Obama is officially our President-elect I can breath a little easier, but not let down my guard. I thought some who visit Brooklynsoc.org might be interested in reading some of the articles I have been writing for i-italy.org about the Presidential race from the point of view of Italians in the United States and Italy, (and one meta-siciliano). They are listed below with short abstracts and web links.

"Obamania or Obamaphobia: Italians in a Post-Bush America" (November 12, 2008)

Italian American intellectuals and Italians in Italy might have given great support to Barack Obama's historic Presidential triumph but Italian American voters, at least those in New York, can hardly expect much in the way of thanks from the new tenants of the White House.

http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/5226/obamania-or-obamaphobia-italians-post-bush-america

"Obama" ends in a Vowel" (October 31, 2008)

With the United States Presidential Election Campaign about to end, I am sure that we will be barraged in the mass and not so mass media by last minute appeals to ethnic, religious, and racial prejudices. This is my own personal appeal to the ethnic consciousness of Italian Americans to vote for their closest co-ethnic in the Presidential race. Barack Obama is the only candidate whose last name ends in a vowel.

http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/5077/obama-ends-vowel

"Explaining American Politics: What's Left of Media Bias" (September 9, 2008)

The American Right often complains of left-wing media bias, yet the big-time American media, Fox, NBC, CBS, Bloomberg, et al are hardly Marxist-Leninist Kommissars.

http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/4215/explaining-american-politics-whats-left-media-bias

"Do the correct thing" (June 18, 2008)

Guess who's gonna be President? and other ruminations. Looking for and unfortunately finding common elements in "The Race Debate in America and Italy”

http://www.i-italy.org/bloggers/2774/do-correct-thing