Vartabedian: My ‘Menz’ Was a Big Grandmother
Her name was Vartouhi. Most Armenians called her Vart while those outside the clan simply named her Rose. I knew her as Menz. She was my grandmother and although she was short on size, she […]
Her name was Vartouhi. Most Armenians called her Vart while those outside the clan simply named her Rose. I knew her as Menz. She was my grandmother and although she was short on size, she […]
Turkish officials have been misrepresenting the facts of the Armenian Genocide for years. Even though this is saddening and even sickening, it is not surprising. Wrongdoers usually cover up their guilt and proclaim their innocence. […]
Riddle (Answer below) Present somewhere in this slight confusion, Uniquely oblique in its direction, Zealously look and find the connection, Zigzagging unto the ultimate line, Lingering but briefly on its design. Inquisitive minds the truth […]
This week I’ll wrap up discussion of the California propositions and hit a few other elections happening on Nov. 2. You might remember that there were originally 10 measures planned for the ballot this election, […]
Another AYF Olympics has come and gone, making us another year older, wiser, and a bit more nostalgic. I don’t know what it is about Labor Day Weekend that fuels my jets and makes me […]
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.—What comes first, the cross or the Badarak? Armenian School students at St. Gregory Church of North Andover were posed the question that has rocked the Armenian community both here and abroad. And […]
In 2008, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based non-profit civil rights organization, published an article titled, “State of Denial: Turkey Spends Millions to Cover up Armenian Genocide.” It was a hard-hitting exposé of […]
Chinese Proverb A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. Double Duty Italian is the only language in which the word vago (vague) also means “lovely, […]
I thought 50 was devastating, until I reached 60. Now that I just turned 70, I’ve begun a new cycle in my life. It seems we measure our existence by decades. I thought 40 was […]
It’s not always the people you know that make an AYF Olympics. Sometimes it’s about those you don’t know. As the saying goes, there are no strangers here, only friends waiting to meet. Just when […]
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