Author Archive
11 Oct 2015
Did Reagan Get it Right on Immigration and Refugee Policy?
Lately, I have been talking about “Republunatics” and “Republooney Toons”. Some may feel I have been ragging too much on the Republicans and the Republican Party. Not to worry. I have much so more in store for the Democ-rats. But looking at the current crop of 17 (?) republican presidential candidates licking their chops for
09 Oct 2015
Republooney Toons in the House?
The last time I wrote about Republicans, I warned about Republunatics at the Gate. The White House Gate, that is. Now, I am issuing an APB for Republooney Toons in the house. The House of Representatives, that is. What in the world is happening in the Grand Old Party? The Party of Abe Lincoln, that is. Long
05 Oct 2015
ኢትዮጵያ እንደ ጋና መሆን የማትችለው ለምንድን ነው?
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ በአደባባይ በይፋ አምናለሁ፡፡ በጋናውያን ላይ መንፈሳዊ ቅናት አድሮብኛል፡፡ ባራክ ኦባማ የመጀመሪያ ጉዞውን ወደ አፍሪካ ባደረገበት ወቅት በአፍሪካ ከፍተኛ የህዝብ ቁጥር ወዳላት እና የከፍተኛ የምጣኔ ሀብት ባለቤት ወደሆነችው ወደ ናይጀሪያ ለመሄድ አልመረጠም፡፡ በአሁጉሩ በምጣኔ ሀብት ደረጃዋ የሁለተኛነት ደረጃ ወደያዘችው የኔልሰን ማንዴላ ሀገር ደቡብ አፍሪካ ለመሄድ አልመረጠም፡፡ እንደዚሁም ደግሞ ኦባማ የወላጅ አባቱ የትውልድ ሀገር
04 Oct 2015
Why Can’t Ethiopia Become Like Ghana?
I will confess publicly. I envy the Ghanaians. When Barack Obama made his first trip Africa, he did not choose to go Nigeria, the country with the largest population and largest economy. He did not choose Nelson Mandela’s South Africa with the second largest economy on the continent. Obama did not choose Kenya, the birth
01 Oct 2015
Kim Davis: A Lesson in the Rule of Law
In April 2010, Army doctor Lt. Col. Terry Lakin refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he believed President Barack Obama is not born in the United States and therefore constitutionally unfit to become U.S. President and commander-in-chief. Lakin was court martialed, found guilty of disobeying a lawful order, not deploying with his unit and
30 Sep 2015
ረሃብ በኢትዮጵያ በባቡር ይጋልባል፣
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የኢትዮጵያ ዓመታዊ የረሃብ አዝመራ፣ ባለጥቁሩ ፈረስ የረሃብ የምጽዓት ቀን አስፈሪውን ፊቱን በኢትዮጵያ እንደገና ማሳየት ጀመረ፡፡ በአሁኑ ጊዜ በባቡር ተቀምጦ በመጋለብ ላይ ይገኛል፡፡ እ.ኤ.አ የካቲት 2014 በዚሁ ወር ኤንቢሲ/NBC የተባለ ዓለም አቀፍ ድርጅት ያወጣውን የምርመራ ዘገባ መሰረት በማድረግ “እየተንፏቀቀ የመጣው ረሃብ በኢትዮጵያ “ በሚል ርዕስ ትችት አቅርቤ ነበር፡፡ በዚያን ጊዜ ኤንቢሲ/NBC እንዲህ የሚል
27 Sep 2015
Famine Rides a Light Train in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s annual harvest of famine The Black Horseman of the Apocalypse is showing his fearsome face once again in Ethiopia. This time he is riding a light train. In February 2014, I wrote a commentary entitled “A Glimpse of the Creeping Famine in Ethiopia” based on an NBC investigative report in the same month on the creeping
24 Sep 2015
Ethiopia: Senator Marco Rubio is With Us!
A SECOND CALL TO ACTION A SECOND CALL TO ACTION Special note and request: I am asking my readers in the United States, particularly Ethiopian Americans in the great State of Florida to join me in advocating against confirmation of Gayle Smith who has been nominated to head the USAID. The United States Senate has independent
24 Sep 2015
Al Mariam’s Daily Haiku Verses
9/20/15 A great nation falls Like leaves from a maple tree A fool Trump-ets victory. Al Mariam’s (new) Daily Haiku 9/21/15 Benighted leaders Enlighten America? It’s darkness at noon. Al Mariam’s (new) Daily Haiku 9/22/15 Ben-jamin’ Carson Benjamin Nut-anyahu Two autumn peas in a po(n)d. Al Mariam’s (new) Daily Haiku 9/23/15 Pope Francis the
21 Sep 2015
የግል ደብዳቤ፡ ይድረስ ለሴናተር ቴድ ክሩዝ
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ ለተግባራዊ ድርጊት የቀረበ ጥሪ፣ ልዩ ምልከታ እና ጥያቄ፡ በዩናይትድ ስቴትስ አሜሪካ የምትገኙት አንባቢዎቼ በተለይም ደግሞ በታላቁ የቴክሳስ ግዛት እና በዋሽንግተን ዲሲ ሜትሮፖሊ አካባቢ የምትኖሩ ኢትዮ-አሜሪካውያን በሙሉ በኢትዮጵያ የዩናይትድ ስቴትሰ አሜሪካ ዓለም አቀፍ የልማት ድርጅት (ዩኤስኤአይዲ)/United States Agency for International Development እየተባለ የሚጠራውን ዓለም አቀፍ ድርጅት በበላይነት እንድትመራው ለሹመት የተጠቆመችውን ጋይሌ ስሚዝን በመቃወም