Tag Archives: woubshet taye
Posted on July 1, 2012, 11:43 pm By almariam
Alemayehu G Mariam The Triumph of Lies Over the past six years, I have written numerous columns defending press freedom in Ethiopia. In a 2009 commentary entitled, “The Art of…
Posted on June 25, 2012, 12:15 am By almariam
Alemayehu G. Mariam The Sky is Falling! Most of my readers know how much I enjoy “bedtime stories”. Recently, I wrote about my favortie bedtime story of Pinocchio in Africa. Ever…
Posted on December 5, 2011, 1:05 am By almariam
Alemayehu G. Mariam Awramba Times: More Powerful Than Ten Thousand Bayonets “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets,” fretted Napoleon Bonaparte, dictator of France, as…
Posted on October 24, 2011, 12:32 am By almariam
Alemayehu G. Mariam Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye in Kangaroo Court The old adage is that “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Could it be said equally that arrogance…
Posted on October 3, 2011, 1:11 am By almariam