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When leaders understand the nature of their followers, they can get away with an awful lot. My friend Beppe Severgnini, a columnist at Corriere della Sera, says Italians forgive Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's many--how shall we put this?--lapses in judgment because they think, He's one of us. Berlusconi, Severgnini wrote this year, is "not only Italy's head of government, but the nation's autobiography." By contrast, when a leader gets out of sync with her followers, all the brilliance in the world doesn't amount to much. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher found that...
Distorted Reflection Beppe Severgnini is right that in order to get rid of Berlusconi, the media-mogul Prime Minister, Italians must first learn to shed the Berlusconi inside them [An Italian Mirror, May 11]. So, what are we waiting for? Marco Guizzardi, BOLOGNA, ITALY...
Basta Mr. Berlusconi: grow up or go away! Italians deserve an adult leader who does not embarrass us with testosterone-driven behavior. I completely disagree with Severgnini that Berlusconi "embodies his country's attributes perfectly." The world can rest assured: Italians are better than Mr. B. in more ways than I can count. Federico Demi, PISA, ITALY...
...Severgnini, a columnist for Corriere della Sera, is the author of La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
...Bonhomme Sunnyvale, California, U.S. Pluto in Exile Why the sudden controversy over Pluto's planetary status after all these years [Aug. 28]? To call it a planet, a watermelon or a beach ball changes nothing. It remains the same object it always was. John M. Reynolds Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Severgnini's Italia Beppe Severgnini's new book, Label-La Figura, provides a good way to understand Italy [Aug. 28]. He's the best person to describe the highs and the lows of our country. Most books on the subject drown readers in a sea of awful clichés. Since...