

THIS COUNTRY IS A BAD JOKE
We Argentinians get distracted so easily! For a whole week, we’ve been destroying Ricardo Darín for what he said at Mirtha Legrand’s table. The media too. If this awesome actor can afford “empanadas” at forty eight thousand pesos the dozen, good for him. Maybe it wasn’t a “popular” example, ‘cause Seguir leyendo

«EL MISTERIO DE LA CARTA ESCONDIDA»ACTORES Y ESPECTADORES JUNTOS, A LA PAR
Esta comedia policial de Marisé Monteiro, dirigida por Nacho Medina, es una propuesta atrapante y original, que invita al público que se acerca al bellísimo “Palacio Libertad” (Sarmiento 151, CABA), a interactuar con los protagonistas, como si formaran parte del elenco. Monteiro propone un viaje en el tiempo, la década Seguir leyendo


WHERE DO THE CHILDREN PLAY?
An image is worth a thousand words. I was waiting for the traffic lights to turn green, when I happened to see a little boy, maybe five or six years old, literally coming out of a garbage container. He was holding some cardboard boxes and threw them at a couple Seguir leyendo


BOOK DONATION
Fortunately, I grew up in a home where there were lots of books. My parents were enthusiastic readers, and I guess that habit was quite catching. I studied English at the University of La Plata in the 1970s and graduated as an English Language and English Literature teacher. I had Seguir leyendo

GUERRA DE EGOS, FERIA DE VANIDADES
Me da mucha vergüenza ver cómo los políticos se acusan y agreden entre sí, en una interminable y patética guerra de egos. Se echan culpas unos a otros, dando muestras de una irresponsabilidad inaudita. Nadie piensa en nosotros, la gente, quienes pagamos sus sueldos y padecemos la ausencia de gestión. Seguir leyendo

HEAVEN OR HELL???
“We don’t hate journalists enough”, said Javier Milei recently. Critical journalists and reporters are described by him as the “new caste.” They are “the enemy” in his eyes. I find it hard to link the President’s constant hateful attack on the press with “The Forces of Heaven” he advocates. Is Seguir leyendo

ASÍ EN EL VATICANO COMO EN LA ROSADA
· ¡Ay, chicas! ¡Se me hace agua la boca pensando en la rosca papal? · Querrás decir rosca pascual, Elenita. Lindo furcio te mandaste. · ¡No! Rosca papal. La que se estará amando en el cónclave entre los candidatos a Papa. Se deben estar rasgando las sotanas los cardenales. · Seguir leyendo