Hrag Vartanian

Today I digress from arts matters since the sad news that a new civil war may be underway in Lebanon has made me very upset.
Having briefly lived in Beirut in the late 1990s I can imagine the fear the Lebanese people are experiencing considering the devastating toll the first civil war (1975-1990) had on the [...]

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Yesterday the LA Times featured New York’s beloved “guy on a bike” and reveals James’ real name…gasp!
My favorite is how the LA Times gets in their typical MSM dig against blogging:
“… [the Kalm Report] fills a niche in the New York art world that falls somewhere between the highbrow critics for the glossy art magazines [...]

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I’ve been thinking about the universe a lot lately, call me sentimental….and for the last week I’ve been wrapping my mind around the notion that our galaxy, the Milky Way, has millions of stars and it is only one of over a hundred billion galaxies in the known universe.
I have to say that the above [...]

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I know James Wagner hinted he didn’t like the U.S. electoral system, but I’m rather fond of the zany journey to Washington each elected official travels, all of which is broadcast, scrutinized and blogged about like it was an epic journey.
Just in case you can’t decide who to rout for, try the non-partisan GLASSBOOTH, a [...]

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Once as a bored teen watching TV I hit my breaking point after having seen one too many Church of Latter Day Saints commercials and mindlessly called the number on the screen to order a free copy of the Book of Mormon.
A few weeks later the tome arrived and I was flabbergasted at how badly [...]

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