This Side of Fifty

  It is a time of change in this country.   It is having an impact on the world and our relationship with countries that ...

  I have written and posted in this blog seven times this year:   five posts in January and two in February.   My last po...

  Yesterday, Wednesday, February 12, was a snow day.   The weather forecast called for 3 to 6 inches of snow which was t...

  This thing, this bloggy thing, began as a monthly e-letter back in February 2004 .   This project began 21 years ago and...

  I am watching the Detroit Lions playoff game against the Washington Commanders.   There is about 6 minutes left in the game and… it will...

Originally published in the Armenian Weekly In the same week that the Armenian Weekly published my piece thanking editor emeritus Pauline G...

  I watched a movie, The Big Short (2015), which presented the Hollywood version of the subprime meltdown in 2007 that ar...

  Recently in an email exchange with Pauline Getzoyan about a piece I had written for the Weekly , she closed her email with, “I have some ...

A beautiful sentiment sent by my friend Mike Adajian   It is the start of a new year… another new year.   As of today, ...

  This post, written on December 31 st , should be a reflection on this year, 2024, that is coming to a close.   It is not...