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Andrew Ward

Andrew Ward

Capone: The Movie

As a great admirer of the British actor Tom Hardy, I was eagerly looking forward to his performance in the title roll of Capone. But his…

4 min readAug 1, 2020

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Capone: The Movie

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Andrew Ward

Presidential Precedent

Presidential Precedent

2 min readMay 13, 2020

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Presidential Precedent

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Andrew Ward

“Excited and Honored”

Justin Amash and the Rhetoric of Declarations to Run

3 min readMay 2, 2020

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“Excited and Honored”

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Andrew Ward

What’s Wrong with Secession?

Back in the 1990s, when I lived in Washington State, former Seattle mayor Paul Schell proposed, in all seriousness, that Washington…

3 min readApr 28, 2020

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What’s Wrong with Secession?

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Andrew Ward

The Martyred Brother

The third son of Gabriele and Teresina Capone, and the handsomest, was Frank Capone. The portraits painted by his family and his brothers’…

2 min readMar 4, 2019

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The Martyred Brother

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Andrew Ward

“Bottles”

Raffaele Capone was born in 1894, in the Capone family’s native Angri, Campania. As a year-and-a-half-old toddler, he sailed with his…

5 min readFeb 21, 2019

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“Bottles”

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Andrew Ward

AKA Big Brother

Richard James Hart, the Former Vincenzo “Jimmy” Capone, Al Capone’s Big Brother

5 min readFeb 10, 2019

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AKA Big Brother

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Andrew Ward

“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn

If anyone qualified as the beau ideal of gangland Chicago, it was Vincenzo Gibaldi, alias “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn, Capone’s most trusted…

7 min readOct 26, 2018

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“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn

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Andrew Ward

Capone’s Successors

The question of who succeeded Capone is complicated by rivalries, shared responsibilities, the mob’s withdrawal from the national…

4 min readOct 12, 2018

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Capone’s Successors

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Capone’s Foes: Joey Aiello

This dapper young Sicilian is, or was, Giuseppi “Joey” Aiello, one of Capone’s most formidable foes. He was an immigrant from Palermo who…

3 min readJun 19, 2018

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Capone’s Foes: Joey Aiello

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Andrew Ward

Andrew Ward

Author of nine books, the latest: I, Capone. Former Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, Columnist at Washington Post, Commentator on All Things Considered.

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