By Alemayehu G. Mariam Groundhog Year in Prison Nation 2008 in Ethiopia was Groundhog Year! It was a repetition of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004… Everyday millions of Ethiopians woke up…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam The Audacity of Corruption: Illinois Style Corruption here, corruption there, corruption everywhere! It seems the worldwide business of corruption is recession-proof. Last week, Illinois Governor Rod…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Donkeys, Liars and War Criminals What a difference two years make! In December 2006, Zenawi invaded Somalia to save it from the “terrorist axis of evil”…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Thief! Thief! Catch the election thief! The Constitutional Court of Thailand caught a boatload of election thieves last week. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and his six-party…
Alemayehu G. Mariam Lipstick and Fingernail Polish In July, 2008, the Zenawi regime commissioned an official report on riot control entitled “Modernizing Internal Security in Ethiopia”[1]. That report, prepared by…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam Best Hope of Earth In the first American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson declared to a “candid world” that “when in the Course of human events it becomes…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and the living. He has no right…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam It’s Time to Cut and Run! In mid-July 2006, Zenawi sent his troops to Somalia to prop up the so-called transitional government in Baidoa. By late…
By Alemayehu G. Mariam NGOs as the New “Whipping Boys”? If you can’t feed your people, bite the hands that feed them. That seems to be the metaphysics (first principles…