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Mussolini iPhone App a Hit

Rob Quinn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:46:00 CST

An iPhone app that offers the full text of over 100 speeches from Benito Mussolini has been selling briskly in Italy. The iMussolini application has been downloaded over 1,000 times a day since its launch last week, and is in second place in popularity on the Italian version of...

British Intelligence Had Mussolini on WWI Payroll

Will McCahill — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:19:47 CDT

Britain’s overseas intelligence service helped Benito Mussolini finance his first forays into Italian politics, newly uncovered documents show. Hoping to keep Italy on its side in 1917, during World War I, MI5 gave Mussolini, then 34 and editor of a right-wing newspaper, the equivalent of what’s now $9,500 a...

If He's a Fascist, Then You're a Moron

Kevin Spak — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:50:00 CDT

Every few months, some hyped-up protester decides someone they don’t like is a fascist. It’s “beyond moronic,” writes Megan McArdle of the Atlantic , whether you’re talking about George W. Bush or Barack Obama. “The Bush administration did many bad things. But to call his administration fascist is both to completely...