የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዝን በጀፍሪ ፈልትማን ላይ ያወጣሑትን ጽሑፍ ግምገማ 8/19/21
“Crown Thy Good With Brotherhood From Sea to Shining Sea”! Dear President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: Congratulations on your inauguration! I write to ask you to MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN in the next four years. I love Ray Charles’ soulful rendition of America the Beautiful performed in the shadow of the Capitol….
Author’s note: As I was archiving my commentaries from years past for public access on my website (almariam.com), I discovered commentaries and articles I had written in the print edition of Ethiopian Review Magazine (ERM) before that publication went online in 2000. I had vague recollection of various articles I had written on Ethiopia and the…
In American legal lore, there is the Scopes Monkey Trial. In 1925, a high school teacher named John Scopes was prosecuted in Tennessee for teaching human evolution in a public school [violating the Butler Act]. Throughout the U.S., the Scopes trial was widely seen as a struggle between the “ignorati” who fought to keep their…
Special Author’s Note: I ask all who read this commentary to TAKE ACTION to ensure Tedros Adhanom is held accountable for his flagrant violation of Ethiopia’s sovereignty and direct interference in its internal affairs on behalf of a registered and certified terrorist organization known as the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) while serving as World…
Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians have voted with their feet to escape one of the most ruthless and brutal dictatorships in Africa. According to Ethiopia’s “Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs”, approximately 200,000 women sought employment abroad in 2012, the vast majority of them in the Middle East. Many of these…
ANOTHER “COHEN’S COUP” IN ETHIOPIA IN 2021? Bloomberg today reported: “Ethiopian rebel and opposition groups are forging a political alliance against Prime Minister Abiy. A signing ceremony will be held in Washington D.C. in the coming days. The so-called United Front of Ethiopian Federalist Forces will combine at least nine entities including the Tigray People’s…