CK Garabed

C.K. Garabed (a.k.a. Charles Kasbarian) has been active in the Armenian Church and Armenian community organizations all his life. As a writer and editor, he has been a keen observer of, and outspoken commentator on, political and social matters affecting Armenian Americans. He has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Reporter and the AGBU Literary Quarterly, “ARARAT.” For the last 30 years, Garabed has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Weekly. He produces a weekly column called “Uncle Garabed's Notebook,” in which he presents an assortment of tales, anecdotes, poems, riddles, and trivia; for the past 10 years, each column has contained a deconstruction of an Armenian surname. He believes his greatest accomplishment in life, and his contribution to the Armenian nation, has been the espousing of Aghavni, and the begetting of Antranig and Lucine.
Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Oct. 15, 2016)

Can’t Have One Without the Other Where the light is brightest, the shadows are darkest. …Goethe   Past, Present, Future…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Oct. 8, 2016)

Arabian Proverb Never give advice in a crowd.   Ghost of a Chance An atheist is a man who has…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Oct. 1, 2016)

Proverbially Speaking A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom. …Lord John Russell   Modern Philosophy Most men,…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Sept. 10, 2016)

A Sly Put Down The original Greek is of great use in elucidating Browning’s translation of the Agamemnon. … Robert…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Sept. 3, 2016)

The High Price of Glory Rigidly classical, you save Your praise for poets in the grave. Forgive me, it’s not…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Aug. 20, 2016)

Of Scholarship and Academe One learns more from a good scholar in a rage than from a score of lucid…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Aug. 6, 2016)

Of ‘Ulysses’ I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 30, 2016)

Holy Cow! Tennyson had the British Empire for God, and Queen Victoria for Virgin Mary. … Lady Gregory   Let’s…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 23, 2016)

Having It Both Ways The young always have the same problem—how to rebel and conform at the same time. They…

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Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 16, 2016)

On the Bestowal of Awards The King may give the honour, but thou art to make thyself honourable. … Thomas…

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