As the title suggests, this will be an atypical article. Since the Pilgrims arrival and survival at Plymouth Rock is being celebrated this week with the Thanksgiving holiday, I’ve made up a list of things […]
Nov. 8 treated the U.S. and the world to quite the earthquake, shock, upset, headscratcher, statistical outlier, unexpected outcome. Lots of analysis has been devoted to this outcome, and I’ll add my own brief […]
It was a tough choice—write about Turkey’s latest mess with its ludicrous arrests of HDP parliamentarians or the U.S. election. Erdogan’s shenanigans won for two reasons: Some election results are still too close to call […]
This is my third and final piece covering the 17 ballot measures California’s voters will have to decide on when they cast their ballots in the Nov. 8 election. These six propositions cover matters of […]
This article is a child of Garo Paylan’s visit to the United States. Much has been written about the tremendous importance and value of Paylan’s tour. It is impossible to overstate. This piece will focus […]
I recently heard a story from a friend about difficulties stemming from jury duty–something I think is incredibly important. I find it repugnant that so many people, especially in our community, try to avoid doing […]
It’s always easy to tell when September rolls around in the greater Los Angeles Armenian community. How? A massive pileup of events ends up being available for people to participate in. The weekend right after […]
Laws are made to regulate interactions between and among people and governments. Laws are made to codify systems of behavior that are beneficial. Laws are made to express the social contract that is presumed to […]
After Labor Day, things get intense in the quadrennial U.S. presidential election that culminates on Nov. 8. The unprecedented levels of dissatisfaction with the presidential candidates and the reality that one of them has no […]
The long-awaited invasion of Syria by Turkey has commenced. What has Turkey to gain? 1- It stops Kurdish advances westward; 2- It regains some credibility with the U.S. by “fighting” ISIS/Daesh; 3- It reinforces and […]
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