Author: Alfonso Piscitelli

As we have already observed elsewhere, among the anthropological peculiarities of the United States is that, more unique than rare in the world historical panorama, of having developed in its short history a completely profane modern folklore and mythology, in which the religious element disappears in favor of a sense of the marvelous completely secular and at the same time remarkably superstitious. The "year zero curse" concerning American presidents fits perfectly into this order of ideas.