At a recent meeting where the structure of an (Armenian) organization was under discussion, what struck me as a strange comment was made. “Dictatorship (prnabedootiun) is not necessarily bad,” contended one person. The notion arose […]
The last three weeks’ events in the Republic of Armenia, occupied Western Armenia, and points further west in Asia Minor led me to the realization that one way to look at human affairs, and how […]
Yesterday, I heard a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote that well describes where I—and many others—find myself regarding the last two weeks’ events in that proto-Armenian, Urartian site, Yerepoonee (Yerebouni/Erebuni), and of all places, at […]
If I were a much better humorist/comedian/caricaturist, I think I would have created all kinds of jokes about the latest coup in Turkey. Most would center on how farcically short and amateurish it was. Things […]
Proving once again how shrewd and shameless he is, Turkey’s sultan-in-waiting president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has realized he’s in over his head and is rapidly swimming to shore to save himself and the nouveau-corruption he […]
Alton Sterling: July 5, 2016, Baton Rouge, Louisiana…dead. Philando Castile: July 6, 2016 in Falcon Heights, Minnesota (near Minneapolis)…dead. Police murders both. It would be too easy to rattle off names of unjustly killed people, […]
Past events perforce drive us to review the outcome in the 43rd State Assembly District of the California Primary election held June 7. This is the district in which Ardy Kassakhian, with 24.28 percent of […]
The title above is what Harvey Milk—the first openly gay elected official; he was assassinated in 1978—used to say, according to his nephew, Stuart Milk. I heard this on Monday and couldn’t help but realize […]
Just keep doing what you’ve been doing, everyone, that’s how Donald Trump will become president of the United States. Then, Armenian headaches, heartaches, and possibly catastrophes will grow significantly because of the instability he is […]
Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said, “I congratulate the people of Chad whose dogged, decades-long pursuit of justice made this day possible.” She was referring to the conviction of Hissène […]
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