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Civic Musings
There’s a lot going on in the Republic of Armenia (RoA), the U.S., and across the world that impacts us as citizens. We are buffeted by social, political, and economic winds that impact not just […]
Articles by Garen Yegparian
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Yegparian: Armenian Education
We make much of our efforts to “preserve” our culture. Preserve is probably a bad word for what we do, since it implies immutability, stasis, and that means death for culture. I’m reminded of my […]
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They Just Don’t Get It
It’s unfortunate that some people are stupid. This stupidity can be intellectual, political, or integrity-based (i.e., lacking it). It’s just as unfortunate that these people are everywhere, among Armenians, Turks, and everything in between and […]
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Azeri Sound, Fury, and Cynicism
Shakespeare, in Macbeth, writes “(Life) is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. All parts of this quote are keenly applicable to Azerbaijan and its blood-oil money fueled propaganda […]
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First Concrete Step, Second Rubbery Step
With all this talk and microscopic (on an atomic scale, if not sub-atomic) progress on our Turkish front, it seems to me we ought to be thinking about, discussing, and putting forth actual steps that […]
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Yegparian: Travel…Real & Fantasy
For some two decades I’ve snarled, ground my teeth, and bewailed to myself about the great positive publicity Turkey gets from all the write-ups and advertising in the LATimes Travel section. No doubt various travel […]
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Yegparian: Pretty Amazing, Again
No doubt you read recently that Abdullah “Apo” Öcalan has called on the Turkish government to recognize the Armenian Genocide. You might not have thought much of it, but here’s why it’s so amazing. Apo […]
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Yegparian: Suggestions
An ever-increasing number of testimonials (or reports, or essays, or travelogues, or…) are appearing from and/or about Western Armenia, written by Armenians, Kurds, and Turks. For now, the best I can do is to make […]
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MLK, Through Dink, to Armenia Today
Eighty-five years ago, in this part of January, a man was born who would become one of the luminaries of the 20th century. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) came to lead a movement that initiated […]
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Yegparian: Pension Plan for Poverty
Imagine starting off the New Year knowing you’re going to get screwed by your own government in yet another way. That’s what our compatriots in the Republic of Armenia (RoA) faced starting Jan. 1. This […]