I recently heard a story from a friend about difficulties stemming from jury duty – something I think is incredibly important
Busy Weekend… + Monday
It’s always easy to tell when September rolls around in the greater Los Angeles Armenian community.
The Law and the Line
“Laws are made to regulate interactions between and among people and governments.”
Election Shenanigans?
“After Labor Day, things get intense in the quadrennial U.S. presidential election that culminates on November 8.”
Yerevan, Rojava, Drones
“The long-awaited Invasion of Syria by Turkey has commenced. What has Turkey to gain?”
Internal Irony
“At a recent meeting where the structure of an (Armenian) organization was under discussion, what struck me as a strange comment was made.”
The Trench, the Capitol, the Street, the Ether
“War, any kind of intra-species fighting, or conflict has probably been with us longest.”
Conscience Asks…
“Yesterday, I heard a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote that well describes where I and many others find myself regarding the last two weeks’ events in that proto-Armenian, Urartian, site, Yerepoonee (Yerebouni/Erebuni), and of all places, at a police facility.”
A Joke, a Plot, a Blot
“If I were a much better humorist/comedian/caricaturist, I think I would have created all kinds of jokes about the latest coup in Turkey.”
Irritants XVIII
“Caucasus. Not only is this term often misspelled as “Caucases” by many in our community (and even a well-known policy publication only a day before I wrote these words), but it is also misapplied geographically.”