feb/8
Sunday, February 05, 2006 ************************************** Corrupt and incompetent regimes survive by creating an enemy, thus persuading the people to blame…
jan/25
Sunday, January 22, 2006 ********************************** If you think my contempt of our leaders is exaggerated, ask one of them what…
jan/21
Thursday, January 19, 2006 *********************************** Learning from history is a special faculty: some people have it and some don't. If…
jan/18
Sunday, January 15, 2006 ************************************ A writer is first and foremost a national nuisance. On the day he achieves popularity…
jan/14
Thursday, January 12, 2006 ******************************************* UNDERDOGS *************************** Has anyone ever seen an underdog rejecting on moral grounds the opportunity to…
jan/11
Sunday, January 08, 2006 ************************************* We say we are smart. We also say we need solutions to our problems. We…
jan/7
Thursday, January 05, 2006 ************************************* In Cormac McCarthy's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES I read the following: "Those who have suffered…
dec/30
Thursday, December 29, 2005 ************************************** LOVE AND HATE ************************ "When the rich fight, it is the poor who die." *…
dec/24
Saturday, December 24, 2005 *************************************** The most important question we should ask about our history is neither what happened nor…
12/23
Thursday, December 22, 2005 ************************************ Smart Armenians who have made it in the odar world are as a rule not…