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When I mentioned Betty Friedan's death to my sister the other day, she responded, "Who's that?" I suppose that means Betty did good. I think women in our generation have very little idea the of the struggle outside of bra-burning. In 14 years, when we celebrate the centennial of the 19th amendment, I have a feeling that a lot of women are going to to say "It's only been 100 years?" Not only that, half of Europe and the British Empire beat us to it. As much as i acknowledge the good that Coretta Scott King did, I'm a little miffed at the woeful lack of attention paid to Friedan. I mean, being instrumental in the creation of NOW, NARAL and the National Political Women's Caucus is pretty important. Ah, but wait. George W doesn't like women. He doesn't like blacks either, but that's not PC, so he has to go to King's funeral. It's sadly PC to dislike women (and civil liberties), because some people base it in religion and therefore get away with it. Let's not forget, however, that racism and slavery had strong religious roots as well. Isn't it interesting how people ascribing to the same religion can take such different tacks with it? Holy Cross had lots of Catholics, the most extreme of whom fell at both ends of the political spectrum.

I took in the B Minor Mass on sunday, which under the best of circumstances, is a marathon. This time, it started at 4 and the lights were rather dim, so during the Gloria i may have nodded off. 3 of the 4 soloists were really not good, mostly because they sang like they were performing Verdi, not Bach. The bass was spectacular, with a great feel for the period, and i would say that even if he hadn't been very good looking.