A brief history of the mafiosini

The uncomfortable truth: most mafiosini are American-born child-thugs, but the most powerful lieutenants and captains tend to be adopted children. Having come up in hard-core orphanages, they nutted up at an early age and, stateside, organized into ruthless rackets. They brook no resistance, nor do they suffer fools. They call each other “the chosen.” Of course, there are those who want to break into the rackets. At the bureau, the American-born wannabes are known as “the natives.” On the street, they’re called “the hopeful.” You know that saying, The converts are the worst? It's so true. The natives are twice as heartless as the chosen. Ask any grown-up who’s been force-fed silken-soy-and-flax-seed smoothies and dares to talk about it.