Currently, there are at least 28 Armenians running for office in the November U.S. elections this year. These offices range from city councilmember to state-level constitutional office. Some of them have not even gotten past […]
What if 98 cents of every dollar you had was taken from you? What if those dollars were in the form of inherited family wealth that had sustained infants, college students, and octogenarian retirees alike […]
The only thing missing was a single tear running down his cheek…or more likely a flood of crocodile tears as “Nemetz Roobo” (Rooben Hayrapetian) announced his resignation from the Republic of Armenia’s parliament. Unless you’ve […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A small crowd gathered outside the Los Angeles Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia on July 13 to protest the murder of military doctor Vahe Avetyan in Yerevan in June, and deliver […]
Two weeks ago, the Western U.S. Region of the ARF, at its biennial convention, elected a new Central Committee (CC). In case any readers don’t know, I’ve been a member for over three decades, so […]
Bathroom, boys’/girls’/men’s/women’s room, can, crapper, head, john, latrine, lavatory, loo, outhouse, potty, powder room, washroom, WC, ardaknotz, bedkaran, cordzaran, lvatzaran, zookaran… With so many words for it, you’d think these places would be ubiquitous, easily […]
Last weekend, someone paid me quite a compliment! As I was hiking down the mountainside, I said hello to a hiker going uphill, who then responded, but also asked if I was Armenian, and if […]
The sensibilities in question are those of the blood suckers, the people who care naught for others, especially others upon whom they’ve visited all kinds of discomfort and pain, yet are “shocked” when others return the favor. […]
Here I sit, just hours from the absolute deadline for getting this piece in to Asbarez. My editor rightly hates me when I do this. But for a change, I’m actually glad I delayed so […]
By Garen Yegparian Everyone has seen those statues of Lady Justice (derived from various Egyptian, Greek, and Roman deities), with the scale in one hand, a sword in the other, and a blindfold over […]
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