The time has arrived to realize our answers are in the mirror
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly About a week ago, a friend of mine, who is not Armenian, made a comment about the Artsakh blockade and Armenia’s historical challenges…
Playing a deadly game with the innocent
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly As Armenians, we correctly, but at times naively, view the Artsakh conflict as the struggle of an oppressed people seeking what is theirs…
The Secular Advance on Marriage
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly Church weddings – remember those? They seem to decrease in our society every year. According to The Knot, a popular nationwide wedding planning…
The diaspora must do more but only with a new perspective
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly The term “diaspora” is used so often in our communal discourse, one would think that it would have a very descriptive definition. The…
Global Solidarity with Artsakh
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly A significant number of Armenian Americans care deeply about the plight of Artsakh but are perplexed about what to do. They either think…
“Prevention?” Only when there is self-interest
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly Our thoughts and actions today are dominated by our desire to prevent a genocide in Artsakh. The narrative has degenerated from “self-determination” to…
Justice belongs to those who seize the moment
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly We live in a bizarre world. There are scores of countries populated by citizens who proudly proclaim the moral high ground on human…
Mentor: Move over and make room to sustain our future
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly Armenians in the diaspora are sustained by a generational transfer of identity. The identity of each succeeding generation hopefully retains a core but…
Feeling the Pain of Underachieving
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly During this summer, Artsakh is forever on our minds. Unfortunately, it is not a peaceful experience but one filled with the angst and…
Thank You…It has been our privilege and honor
By Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly We began our day on Tuesday with the sad news of the passing of Dr. Richard Hovannisian in California. For most of us…