I recently encountered a five-year-old article about the real estate business booming in Turkey. Most interesting was the fact that these sales are quite often to foreigners.
Amulsar Update
In the three weeks since I last addressed the Amulsar gold mine issue, it has remained heated and not yet resolved for the better
Graceful Giving or Pathetic Pandering?
You may have read Ara Khachatourian’s “Playground Gear at Center of Glendale City Council Race” last week. In this piece, we learned of a strange situation that arose at a Glendale City Council meeting.
Pointless Vilification
Since we live, unfortunately, in the golden age of propaganda, it’s worth addressing one technique that practitioners of that black art use to support their efforts.
Second Betrayal Brewing?
Roughly two months ago, the government of the Republic of Armenia enacted a flat tax whose regressive effects will hurt those least able to afford it.
Irritants XXIII
The first and most obnoxious is mayonnaise. It is an utterly repulsive substance. I don’t know how I used to eat it as a very young child, but something changed along the way
In the Courts
This is great stuff! I’m referring to the lawsuit by Barkev and Garo Ghazarian reported just a few days ago. It is a new, incremental, portion of our struggle for justice.
P&P4P – 2
The goofy-looking “acronym” of a title refers to a previous piece of mine “Preening and Primping for President” which seemed a bit long
Cyprus + Gas + Turkey = BOOM?
You may have encountered some reporting about the latest example of Turkey’s destabilizing, even warmongering, actions in the Mediterranean Sea.
Cyprus & Migrants
It seems the invaders who have occupied Cyprus for 45 years are not satisfied with the damage they have wrought and have (perhaps unintentionally) embarked on a path that is making life more difficult