VOL. 121 - NO. 17 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 28, 2017 $.35 A COPY Sons of Italy Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Massachusetts Education and Law Awards by Paul Guida Three successful Italian- served as Secretary of Social American civil and public ser- Services to Governor Francis vants and 30 accomplished W. Sargent until 1974. In De- scholarship recipients will be cember 1974, he was appointed honored at the Fourth Annual as the Clerk Magistrate of the Massachusetts Education and East Boston District Court. He Law Awards. The event, hosted has received a number of pres- by the Commission for Social tigious awards, including the Justice and the Scholarship Distinguished Service Award Commission under the aus- from the Italian American Civic pices of the Grand Lodge of League for outstanding involve- Massachusetts, will take place ment in the Community. He on Sunday, May 7, 2017, at lives in Winthrop with his wife, the DoubleTree by Hilton in Rosalind. They have four chil- Andover, Massachusetts. dren and four grandchildren. The Commission for Social The public servants and Dennis J. Curran Justice is pleased and honored Alessandro Pizzi Joseph R. Faretra scholarship recipients honored Justice Award to announce the following re- Law Enforcement Award Public Service Award during this event are shining cipients of this year’s awards. (Major Violation’s Division), Massachusetts Academy of Trial Board for the Town of Frank- examples of the hard work and This year’s “Justice Award” and as Suffolk County Dis- Attorney’s President’s Award lin, and the Franklin Char- achievements characteristic of recipient is the Honorable Den- trict Attorney from 1977-1979. for Judicial Excellence. Judge ter Commission. He coached the Italian-American commu- nis J. Curran, an Associate He was first nominated as Curran resides in Wellesley with youth soccer for 16 years, and nity and our young scholars Justice of the Massachusetts an Associate Justice in the his wife, Dorothy. They have two youth baseball for 20 years. He and leaders. We hope that we Superior Court. Judge Cur- District Court in 2002 by Gov- children and one grandchild. has been a member of the can provide a unique opportu- ran earned his bachelor’s and ernor Jane Swift. A year lat- The recipient of the “Law En- Quattro Eroi Lodge #1414 of nity for the recognized students master’s degrees from the Uni- er, he began to serve in the forcement Award” is Alessandro Franklin for over 25 years. to witness and celebrate the versity of Pennsylvania, and newly constructed Boston Mu- Pizzi, a retired Chief Probation He resides in Franklin, has successes of accomplished pro- Juris Doctorate from the Uni- nicipal Court. In 2006, he was Officer of the Massachusetts three children, and seven fessionals, and for the Law and versity of Virginia. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Trial Court. He earned his grandchildren. Justice awardees to meet and a Boston trial attorney for Superior Court by Governor bachelor’s degree in Psychol- The “Public Service Award” re- inspire the best of the younger over 20 years. He served as Mitt Romney. Judge Curran ogy in 1969, and his Master of cipient is The Honorable Joseph generation. For the attendees the First Assistant Legal Coun- was the recipient of the 2015 Arts and Certifi cate of Advanced R. Faretra, Clerk Magistrate of and their families, this event sel to the Governor of Mas- Massachusetts Bar Associa- Graduate Studies in 1972 from the East Boston District Court. will be the most impressive sachusetts from 1970-1983, tion’s Chief Justice Edward F. Assumption College. In 1978, He attended Wentworth Insti- that the Grand Lodge of Mas- as Assistant District Attorney Hennessey Award, and the 2016 he earned his Master of Sci- tute of Technology and went sachusetts has to offer, and will ence in Public Administration on to graduate from the Lincoln encourage future participation from Northeastern University. College of Technology of North- in the Sons of Italy. He served in the United States eastern University with an As- The Scholarship Commis- News Briefs Coast Guard from 1970-1972. sociate Degree in Civil Engineer- sion has selected and notifi ed He began his professional career ing. After graduation, he went this year’s recipients. They will by Sal Giarratani in 1972 on the Massachusetts to work for the Massachusetts be highlighted individually in Rehabilitation Commission, Department of Public Works a future edition of the Sons of P.C. Boston Globe Editorial and was with the Probation as an engineer overseeing the Italy News. The Boston Sunday Globe wrote a blistering editorial Department of the Massachu- construction of the interstate Tickets can be purchased at stating, “Homophobia in Russia isn’t just rampant — setts Trial Court from 1972 highway system. In 1969, he shop.osiama.org or by contact- it’s the law. The world community must exert pressure until his retirement in 2009. went to work at the Massachu- ing the Grand Lodge of Massa- to stop this relentless oppression.” Who can be against He has served on the Advisory setts State House, where he chusetts at 617-489-5234. such an editorial stance? No me, but where is the same denunciation for countries in the Muslim world that regularly throw blindfolded gay Muslims off rooftops? EAST BOSTON WALKS FOR PEACE No area of the world is more anti-gay than the Muslim- run countries that practice Sharia law. When the Globe by Sal Giarratani speaks out against that, I will take them seriously. Until then, the editorial board is a bunch of liberal hypocrites. It takes little courage to take on Russia. Everyone left of center is doing it with impunity. Courage would be taking on the homophobia of the Muslim world, but the Globe is not that courageous. The Factor Factors Out Big news at the Fox News Network: the face of that network since Day One back in October 1996 is now history. That is right, Bill O’Reilly, who changed the way news is delivered and made Fox the most watched cable channel in history, has been shown the exit door and he took it. Lots of scandalous reports and commercial advertisers rushing for the exit sign did him in. When bad news keeps piling up, sometimes you gotta know when to hold and when to fold. Looks like his next book could be Killing O’Reilly. Last thing you need to be is another public moral arbiter with a soft underbelly. O’Reilly now joins the ranks of none other than Bill Cosby. Over at Fox, the whole line-up is getting changed. (Continued on Page 10) East Boston community “Walks for Peace.” (Continued on Page 9) PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, APRIL 28, 2017 Res Publica by David Trumbull Fake News and the Fake Clinton Narrative So now there is a book out (which I have not read) revealing problems within the Hillary Clinton campaign for the presidency CALIGULA that doomed the otherwise inevitable election of the most qualifi ed candidate to ever run for president. Losing campaigns A study of all the stories, legions. The name Caligula was are, invariably, followed by analyses that show that despite the events, and characters associ- given to him by the soldiers outward appearance, everything was fi ne, but there were problems ated with the rise and fall of because of the “caligae,” or known at the time to only the campaign insiders that explain the the Roman Empire would be army boot, that he was re- unexpected loss. like reading an entire library, quired to wear. His proper name I don’t buy it. I was not so bold as to confi dently predict a Trump and would probably take a 100 was Gaius Caesar Augustus victory; I did, however, throughout the campaign, tell friends that years to fully understand and Germanicus and it was the she was not, as the news reported, a prohibitive front-runner. record its beauties. A capsule name he preferred. As a young I had no special insight into the inner workings of the Clinton explanation divides the history man, while in the court of campaign; I didn’t need any to know that her campaign had trouble of Classical Rome into three his grandfather Tiberius, he from the start. distinct periods: 1. The Regal displayed a naturally mean 1. The ninth-year curse. Since WWII, the history of the presidency Period (the legendary kings like and vicious temper, a wanton has been eight years of a Republican in the White House (1953-1961), Romulus), 753 to 510 B.C.; 2. love of cruelty towards persons followed by eight years of a Democrat (1961-1969), and followed by The Republic (the time of the of lesser rank, and a most eight years of a Republican (1969-1977). The pattern was broken great Roman Senate, ending abandoned and unprincipled by Carter, who served but one failed term, and Reagan/Bush with with the death of Julius Cae- debauchery. He became a most 12 years of Republican presidency. After that, we reverted to pat- sar), 510 to 27 B.C.; and 3. The eager witness to tortures and tern with eight years of a Democrat (1993-2001) and eight years of a Empire (the period of Roman executions of prisoners, and he Reconstructed bust of the Republican (2001-2009). All other things being equal, we should emperors starting with the great reveled at night in adultery and Emperor Gaius, known as have expected eight years of Obama to be followed by a Republican. Augustus and ending with the gluttony. Caligula. The mainstream press insisted that Clinton had the advantage pitiful Romulus Augustulus), 27 Greek and Roman mythology because she was of the same party as the popular incumbent.