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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…

Aug 1, 2020

Capone: The Movie

Aug 1, 2020

Presidential Precedent

Presidential Precedent

May 13, 2020

Presidential Precedent

May 13, 2020

“Excited and Honored”

Justin Amash and the Rhetoric of Declarations to Run

May 2, 2020

“Excited and Honored”

May 2, 2020

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…

Apr 28, 2020

What’s Wrong with Secession?

Apr 28, 2020

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’…

Mar 4, 2019

The Martyred Brother

Mar 4, 2019

“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…

Feb 21, 2019

“Bottles”

Feb 21, 2019

AKA Big Brother

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

Feb 10, 2019

AKA Big Brother

Feb 10, 2019

“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…

Oct 26, 2018

“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn

Oct 26, 2018

Capone’s Successors

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

Oct 12, 2018

Capone’s Successors

Oct 12, 2018

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…

Jun 19, 2018

Capone’s Foes: Joey Aiello

Jun 19, 2018

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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