Dstandish's Weblog

Profile: I live in the Veneto region of Italy with my wife, Laura, & 2 sons, Riccardo and Steffan. I teach for the University of Iowa (USA). My book 'Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality' was published by UPA in the USA in January 2012. Blog posts about problems, challenges and improvements related to Venice are added regularly to this weblog. My writing publications are also added to themed pages. I hope you enjoy the content.

Posts by Dominic Standish:

• ‘Italy’s lockdown has been a recipe for disaster’. My article on #Italy’s government reactions to the #Covid-19 #coronavirus published by @spikedonline
• ‘Inside Italy’s #coronavirus lockdown’. Discussion including my comments on #Covid-19 for @spikedonline podcast
• ‘Life inside the Italian lockdown.’ My article on how #Italy’s response to #coronavirus (#Covid-19) risks social & economic implosion. Published by @spikedonline
• My interview on @SkyNews live about #coronavirus in Italy
• ‘How Italy succumbed to coronavirus.’ My article published by @spikedonline, before the irrational US government raised the risk level for travel to the Italian Veneto & Lombardy regions to level 4
• The #coronavirus or #COVID19 outbreak in #Italy has been met by a risk-averse, fearful panic. Instead of banning direct flights, closing schools in non-affected areas, a rational management response is needed. My comments on @SkyNews daily podcast
• Now people in Venice are tracked by 34 sensors around the city using cell phone data; the end of freedom and privacy!
• On #Brexit Day, reflections on the debate ‘THE FUTURE OF THE EU’, Battle of Ideas
• ‘The strange death of Italian democracy’. After regional elections in Italy, my thoughts published by @spikedonline
• “The year the EU took over Italy”. My reflections on 2019 published by @spikedonline