Reflections of a stormy petrel

The Carabinieri, one of Italy's two nationwide police forces, must be spitting blood. They have the nicer uniforms, the longer history, and the tougher image - and when Italians tell stupid jokes, they tell them about them, not about their rivals. But their rivals, the Italian State Police (PS) have come up with a novelty worth five of that. ( Read more... )