Category Archives: Al Mariam’s Commentaries
Fly, Ethiopia, Fly…

“What if they were really set free?” That was the question  The Economist asked in the headline of its article last week about Ethiopians. Its response was equally breathtaking: “If…

Can You Spare a Dime for T-TPLF Ambassadors?

A few days ago, I read a heart-rending  article  about the serious cash flow problems the diplomatic missions of the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (T-TPLF) are facing…

The Dam-Nation of Ethiopia by the T-TPLF

The damnation of Ethiopia by the T-TPLF Last week, before the ink had dried on the “new agreement” on the so-called Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Egyptian President General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told…

The “End of the Story” for the T-TPLF in Ethiopia?

The obituary and epitaph for the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean Liberation Front (T-TPLF) was written last year by Bereket Simon, the former “communication minister” and longtime sidekick of the late…

Ethiopia: Make Peaceful Change Impossible? Make Violent Revolution Inevitable!

In December 2015, there is only one question that is uppermost in the mind of every Ethiopian: Will the Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s  Liberation Front (T-TPLF) kill, massacre, slaughter, murder…

The Soft Bigotry and Hard Hubris of Justice Antonin Scalia

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia showed his true colors during oral argument on December 9, 2015 in Fisher v. University of Texas. (Click HERE to read the full…

The Week Love Conquered Hate in San Bernardino, CA

Hate Kills, Love Heals! December 2, 2015, is a date which shall live in infamy in the history of the City and County of San Bernardino, CA. The scourge of…

Rise of the Trump-aryans!

Is America becoming “Trump-aryana”? When Trump becomes President of Trump-aryana, do “we greet” him by extending the right arm in the air with a straightened hand and shouting out, “Heil…

Ethiopian Spring in a Winter of Discontent?

No one predicted the Arab Spring when it exploded on December 18, 2010 sparking the Tunisian Revolution. No one could have predicted a street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi would set…

Ethiopia and the World Bank of Lies, Damned Lies and Statislies

John Milton wrote in Paradise Lost: “For no falsehood can endure/ Touch of celestial temper.” Of course, Milton was writing about Satan and his “devilish art”  of  “forging illusions”. I…

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