Day: June 1, 2024

Gender Apartheid

“In many countries, one category of human beings don’t even have the right to show their face – that’s apartheid, and it should be the social justice issue of our time.” — Bill Maher.

I enormously enjoy Bill Maher’s HBO show, particularly the segment on “New Rule.” Today I’d like to share this one. He has a wicked sense of humor, and I am sure that he has a great bunch of writers.

Naturally I don’t agree with him on most issues dealing with politics and economics. He’s a leftist and a “progressive”. I’m the opposite. But his social commentary is most of the time spot on. More than most commentators, he funny as all heck.  Continue reading “Gender Apartheid”

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina

Writing that post about Javier Milei’s talk got me into the mood to listen to a couple of songs from the 1978 musical Evita. The lyrics are by Tim Rice and music is by the incomparable Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The movie Evita was released in 1996. Here’s Madonna as Eva Perón singing “Don’t cry for me, Argentina.” She’s awesome in this song. Here are some of the words:

It won’t be easy, you’ll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I’ve done

You won’t believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she’s dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you
 . . .
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