Vignettes Airborne: Jimmy’s Medical Flight From NYC American Express, along with Dad’s health insurance, assisted in the leasing of a Medevac Gulfstream…James La RossaJuly 22, 2020
Vignettes Racism Knows No Bounds: A Marine is Turned Away at a Diner Jimmy bought himself a fancy used sedan with the money he had saved in Japan…James La RossaJune 10, 2020
Vignettes First Person: Remembering Bobby Kennedy I was eight years old the first time I saw my father cry. His former…James La RossaFebruary 26, 2020
Vignettes Celebrities/People of Note in Last of the Gladiators “Earlier that year, after missing my ride, I was hitchhiking home from school in downtown…James La RossaFebruary 6, 2019
Vignettes On Leaving NYC When born and bred New Yorkers permanently leave New York City, they spend a good…James La RossaJanuary 20, 2019
Vignettes Historical Events in Last of the Gladiators “I don’t quite remember how I found myself standing on the wharf trying to catch…James La RossaJanuary 18, 2019
Vignettes Family/Loyalty in Last of the Gladiators Family/Loyalty “For almost five years, my father refused to die so that he could enjoy…James La RossaJanuary 18, 2019
Vignettes ‘The Mob’ in Last of the Gladiators Ali v. Frazier Then there was the fight of January 28, 1974. Dad and I…James La RossaAugust 10, 2018
Vignettes Late to the War The giant Marine/Navy complex that is Camp Pendleton is about a ninety-minute drive south of…James La RossaJune 14, 2018
Vignettes The Wheel Men Until our family moved permanently from Connecticut to our apartment at 791 Park Avenue at…James La RossaJune 5, 2018
Vignettes To Rome and Back Everything has a price, of course, and mine was having little face time with…James La RossaJune 5, 2018
Vignettes The Rescue By my late thirties throughout my forties (1994-2004), my company was really cooking. I was…James La RossaMay 21, 2018
Vignettes Lawyers, Guns & Money LAWYERS GUNS & MONEY THE LEGENDARY LIFE & TIMES OF TRIAL LAWYER JIMMY LAROSSA &…James La RossaApril 23, 2018
Vignettes (Uncle) Meade Esposito Democratic Leader of New York, Meade Esposito By the later part of the 1970s, my…James La RossaApril 10, 2018
Vignettes The Chase: Death By Tosca Dad’s energy spiked that last winter, just in time for opera season. Nothing compares to…James La RossaFebruary 13, 2018
Vignettes The Last Hemingway I returned to Rome in January 1986, following Paul Castellano’s murder in New York, still…James La RossaFebruary 11, 2018
Vignettes The Christmas Verdict: John Gotti, Inmate Number 182-053 Following the orchestrated assassination of Paul Castellano, John Gotti became the de facto head of…James La RossaJanuary 26, 2018
Vignettes Gentlemen Jim When Dad was well enough to come downstairs for dinner, I’d start cooking at four,…James La RossaDecember 29, 2017
Vignettes La Cosa Nostra: The Meatball Caper For almost five years, my father refused to die so that he could enjoy the…James La RossaDecember 27, 2017
Vignettes Breakfast at the Pantheon Dad had been in Southern California for six months and he was just starting to…Sonya PasamonteNovember 26, 2017