In his day, George C. Parker – an enterprising early 20th century New York City con man – taught the gullible some pretty painful lessons. Parker was famous for repeatedly “selling” the Brooklyn Bridge to […]
PASADENA, Calif.—The Latin word aedificator comes as close as any word can to capturing the essence of Khajag Sarkissian. It was used in ancient times to describe a builder, architect, or maker. A creator. It’s […]
Have you ever been to Fresno? California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley is America’s breadbasket. Good soil, fresh water, nice weather, and great farmers—among them many fine Armenians, children and grandchildren of some of the first […]
Have you ever been handed $45,000 a month to represent an oil rich and corrupt dictator? Well, that’s the monthly stipend currently being paid by the Government of Azerbaijan to the Podesta Group, a Washington, […]
If you had invested $10,000 with Warren Buffett’s newly purchased company Berkshire Hathaway back around 1965, that investment now would be worth more than $70 million. Obviously a pretty impressive Return on Investment (ROI). […]
Sometimes we lose before we win. Failure is often the price of trying. Of striving. Ultimately, of achieving. Looking back on setbacks in our own work, we can point to May 1, 1997, a discouraging […]
Remember in 1973 when the Soviets, under Leonid Brezhnev, and the Americans, during Richard Nixon’s presidency, signed a tax treaty? That’s OK. Neither do I. That was decades ago. A different time. A very different […]
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