I pull up next to a car on Glenoaks. I see two beautiful Armenian girls. Sounds typical right? Here’s the catch. My car is not a Mercedes or a BMW. In fact it’s a big blue Toyota FJ Truck. While these
In 1917, facing a military crisis from the German Front and a plethora of domestic problems such as poverty, famine, and disease, the Russian peasantry banded together with the Bolshevik Party in what
WASHINGTON, DC – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement on today’s White House announcement of the “Presidential Study Di
It’s the third week of the internship, and there are more deadlines to be met, emails to be sent, interviews to be conducted, research to be done, reports to be written… no pressure, of course. But, I
Paul Baghdadlian was a major role player in my musical cultivation. We lost a true legend in Armenian popular music two weeks ago after a long bout with illness. He was integral to keeping Los Angeles
While I was reading “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell, I remembered the first political science class I took. George Orwell was talking about the tarnished English language. He talk
Things have changed since I published my last blog. Then again change is always happening, so that should come as no surprise. I seemed to have had a moment of discouragement on my part. The thing abo
WASHINGTON, DC - A key U.S. House panel responsible for foreign aid spending voted today to approve $40 million in economic aid to Armenia, honoring Pres. Obama’s budget request for the 2012 fi