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…
The angry wasp in the colony of worker bees Hell hath no fury than a dissenting Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court! When Scalia wins and writes for the majority, he floats like a butterfly. Did anyone say, “gloats”? When Scalia loses and writes his dissents, he stings like an angry wasp. (I did…
What do Gayle Smith, Wendy Sherman and Susan Rice have in common? This past Thursday, Gayle Smith who is currently Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council directed by Susan Rice, had her confirmation hearing to become the next Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. It was…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ እ.ኤ.አ በ2015 ለምንድን ነው የወያኔ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ የፍርኃት፣ የአጠቃላይ በፍርሀት የመርበድበድ እና እጅግ በጣም በጭንቀት ውስጥ የመግባት አምላኮች የእራሳቸውን ጥላ የሚፈሩት? እ.ኤ.አ ግንቦት 24/2015 በኢትዮጵያ የህዝብ ተወካዮች የቅርጫ ምርጫ ለማካሄድ በዕቅድ ተይዟል፡፡ የቅርጫ ምርጫው ምንም እንኳ በሸፍጥ የታጀበ እና የተጀቦነ ቢሆንም፡፡ ከአምስት ዓመታት በፊት እ.ኤ.አ ግንቦት 23/2010 እራሱን ህዝባዊ…
Today, June 15, 2015, is the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta Libertatum or the Great Charter of English Liberties. On that date, King John of England affixed his seal on the Magna Carta and formally accepted the principle of the rule of law, specific and sweeping limitations on his royal power. In place of my…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የዴሞክራሲን ስርዓት ወደ ጎን አሽቀንጥሮ በመጣል ወደ ዘራፊነት የአገዛዝ ስርዓት ሲሄድ ሊገኝ የሚችለው የስርዓት ዓይነት ምንድን ነው? ሌላ ምንም ነገር ሳይሆን የወሮበላ ዘራፊነት የአገዛዝ ስርዓት ነው፡፡ ወሮበላ ዘራፊዎች በይስሙላው የቅርጫ ምርጫቸው አሸነፍን ብለው በማወጅ እንደገና በድጋሜ የፖለቲካ ስልጣኑን ሲጨብጡ የበለጠ ዘራፊዎች ይሆናሉ፡፡ ዘራፊዎች እንደገና ሲመረጡ ስልጣኑን በድጋሜ በመቆጣጠር የወሮበላ የዘራፊዎች የአገዛዝ…
Today, Dennis Hastert, the former Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2007) and lobbyist appears in U.S. federal court for arraignment (enter a plea of guilty or not guilty) on charges that he broke federal law by withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and lying about the use of the money…
What do you get when you cross a thugocracy with democracy? A thugmocracy. When thugs are “elected” to political office, they become thugmocrats. Naturally, “elected” thugmocrats run thugmocracies. If democracy is a government of the people, by the people for the people, a thugmocracy is a government of…
ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የወያኔ ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ በዘረፋ ለሚያሸንፈው የይስሙላ ምርጫ የምስራች የሚሉት አሽቃባጮች በዝግጅት ላይ ናቸው! “ፖለቲከኞች እንደ ዳይፐር/የህጻናት መጸዳጃ ጨርቅ ናቸው፣ ለአንድ ዓይነት ምክንያትም በየጊዜው መለወጥ አለባቸው” ሆኖም ግን በወያኔ ኢትዮጵያ ይህ ጉዳይ የሚሰራ አይደለም! ምስኪኗ ኢትዮጵያ የወያኔን ወሮበላ የዘራፊ ቡድን ስብስብ የጠነባ ዳይፐር እንደገና ለ5 ዓመታት በጠቅላላው ለ25…
Echoes of deceit On May 24, 2015, Ethiopia had an “election”. On May 27, 2015, the Associated Press reported that “early results” of ballot counts showed the ruling Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front (T-TPLF) had won 100 percent of 442 parliamentary seats. Is there any doubt they will win the remaining 105 seats?…
