An Italian colleague reports to me that my having identified the 
culprit in my plagiarism story as Italian has raised concerns that 
some that our community might wrongly conclude that an Italian 
journal was implicated in this case.  That was not my intent, and 
such a conclusion outstrips the evidence.  While I don't wish to 
widen the mystery, I think that it is reasonable to report that the 
incident did not involve an Italian journal nor, indeed, was the 
journal specialized in the history of economics.  I should also add 
that, while I was surprised at the initial responses, all parties 
except the plagiarist -- as I said clearly in the original post -- 
acted properly in the end.

Kevin Hoover