Daily Archives: March 9, 2005
Don’t Get Him Started on Che and the Old Gang
HAVANA (Reuters) – President Fidel Castro has given Cuban women some good news on International Women’s Day: rice cookers are coming to every household. In a five-hour 45-minute speech to cheering women on Tuesday night, the Cuban leader announced 100,000 … Continue reading
Out of the Blogosphere, Onto the Airwaves
Great news on the local media scene. Former Berkman fellow and blogger brain-trust stalwart Christopher Lydon will soon have a regular gig on the airwaves once again. Ever since our upstairs neighborWBUR (90.9 FM) made the most spectacular gaffe in … Continue reading
Women’s Day in a Man’s World
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. Timothy Leary (1920 – 1996) Oh, woe unto the women, for they are doomed to live in a man’s world. Mired near the tail end of a five-thousand year stretch … Continue reading
Women’s Day – Machos for Matriarchy
Oh, woe unto the women, for they are doomed to live in a man’s world. Mired near the tail end of a five-thousand year stretch of out-of-control male madness and machismo, we long for the forgotten sanity of a stable … Continue reading