battlefields of the mind
While we’ve done well on our actual,physical, battlefields on both the eastern (Azerbaijani,...
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nationalism: misunderstood and misrepresented
Ever since the carnage of WWII,there has been understandable aversion towards, even anxiety of, and...
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yegparian: corny, hokey, mushy
As the title suggests,this will be an atypical article. Since the Pilgrims arrival and survival at...
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yegparian: good policy
This is my third and final piece covering the 17 ballot measures California’s voters will occupy...
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yegparian: misdirected vengeance
Nov. 8 treated the U.S. and the world to quite the earthquake,shock, upset, and...
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the turkeys have come home to roost
Given the size of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ego,chickens, the bird usually referred...
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lav, pav, tsav
It was a tough choice—write about Turkey’s latest mess with its ludicrous arrests of HDP...
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deciphering trump and trumpism
whether you read the New York Times piece titled “Why Rural America Voted for Trump” and a...
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to the west(ern armenia)
For years now,I beget been mocked, or drawn smirks, or pooh-poohed,or patronized, or ignored, or...
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yegparian: environmental justice and artvin
A few days ago,I read a 15-month extinct article article describing Turkish environmental...
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okhtuh khach: seven crosses to bear
In the local,Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) dialect, “okhtuh” means seven. Of course...
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yegparian: trashing trump
Since the election,I hold bided my time and bitten my tongue about the ridiculous things...
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black history month has me thinking
February focuses attention on Black history,since it is designated for that celebration. As a...
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