Vartabedian: A Penny for Your Thoughts
You’ve heard it said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Well, that’s not the case anymore, not in this day and age when a red cent ain’t worth the holes in Swiss cheese anymore. […]
You’ve heard it said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Well, that’s not the case anymore, not in this day and age when a red cent ain’t worth the holes in Swiss cheese anymore. […]
You probably read that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has come out with a report (http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2014/3048/pdf/fs2014-3048.pdf) that says there might be a million barrels of oil and 6 billion cubic feet of natural gas […]
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry harshly condemned the California Legislature last week after the State Senate adopted resolution AJR 32 that “encourages and supports the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s continuing efforts to develop as a free and independent nation” […]
Japanese Proverb The loud voice often wins the quarrel. Rationale for Evolution God did not create the universe. The universe is in the process of creating God. From the Word Lab Origin of “majesty” (sovereign power, authority […]
In Ferguson, Mo., “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” has become indignant citizens’ slogan. Four decades ago in Florida, Argentina (or other countries participating in Operation Condor), “I’m just protesting, don’t ‘disappear’ me” might have become the […]
Like many people, I tend to be a creature of habit. I sleep on the right side of my bed and wake up the same way. My breakfast table has been set the night before […]
Quotable Quite My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. … Henry Ford Anticipation Teacher: Hrach, give me a sentence starting with “I.” Hrach: I is… Teacher: No, Hrach. Always […]
Last week, I described the terms of the $1.4 million contract signed by the Gephardt Group, the lobbying firm of former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, to promote Turkey’s interests in Washington. Realizing that its […]
We often forget that the Islamic Caliphate last resided in Constantinople in the person of the ruling sultan of the Ottoman Empire. With Ataturk’s abolition of the Ottoman monarch and state, the caliphate, too, disappeared, […]
Attention, Poetasters! I believe that a poem ought to be translated in the way a poet himself would have composed it, had he belonged to the nation for which he is being translated. …Henrik Ibsen […]
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