Yegparian: ‘Hye Tahd’ ≠ Spectator Sport

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 I wrote for Asbarez… I had been recognized because of my picture online. This was one of my readers! It’s [...]

Yegparian: Sensitive Sensibilities

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.
I’ve addressed this issue in an earlier piece, too, called “Poets & Protesters.” The trigger for that piece was news of [...]

Yegparian: Cursed Consciousness

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 much to write my weekly article, else, all the pieces would not have come together.

Last night, I’d just seen Vahe [...]

Let’s Blind Armenia’s Justice

 
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 her eyes.  Most have probably not given it a second thought.  Yet, that which is represented by the figure is one of [...]

Yegparian: Teghood

I have intentionally used Western Armenian pronunciation and an otherwise differing spelling of a very threatened forest’s name. I have to address a minor point that’s a major irritant to me: It’s one thing to use Eastern Armenian pronunciation to transliterate Armenian words to English; it is, after all, the official, linguistic convention to do [...]

Two Countries, Two Courts, Two Cockamamie Conclusions

By now you know we took a couple of good thwacks in the judicial sphere over the last fortnight. Both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and France’s Constitutional Council handed down decisions inimical to Armenian interests. As if that’s not bad enough, both decisions don’t even make sense.

Nevertheless, the court, citing [...]

Yegparian: Nation’s Needed New Node

By node I mean one of our human structures, be it state-based in the two existing Armenian Republics or organizationally based in the Armenian Diaspora.
These structures attend to our various needs: athletic, community, economic, educational, philanthropic, political, scientific, social, technical, youth, and any others you can think of.
But there are gaps. I became aware of [...]

Yegparian: Cad—Er, CAAD—and War

Last weekend was quite outdoorsy for me, but with strong political flair.
Friday started out with a hike to scout a route from Burbank to Griffith Park (in Los Angeles) for a future outing with one of Burbank’s city council members. Then, it was off to REI to check out their clearance sale for hiking and [...]

Yegparian: A New Poll Tax?

Did you read about the goings-on in the small Arizona town of San Luis, abutting the Mexican border? A new technology of disenfranchisement seems to have been discovered. And, it seems the Latinos have pulled a page from the Armenian book of undercutting one another.
Alejandrina Cabrera is now an erstwhile city council candidate because the [...]

Yegparian: Turk Talk

It’s time to address some of the advances Turks have made in their propaganda machinery and efforts. What started with the likes of “Tall Armenian Tale,” a mess of a website, is now far more sophisticated, because of serious money being poured in.

The logo of the Turkish Cultural Foundation

An example of money talking is an [...]