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The Day America Taught the World the Meaning of the Rule of Law [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
“Fundamental to the work of this court is a vigilant recognition that is it but one of three equal branches of our federal government. The work of the court is not to create policy or judge the wisdom of any particular policy promoted by the...
The Times They Are A-Changin’ in the Land of Immigrants? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Author’s note: I have written this commentary to better reach a broader audience concerning issues involving President Trump’s January 27, 2017 Executive Order “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States”...
Ethiopia: Another T-TPLF White Elephant for Sale? [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Is the T-TPLF setting up the “Ethiopian Railway Line” for a fire sale?
The “Ethiopian Railway Line” opened in October 2016 with all the bells and whistles. Today it is derailed and teeters on the edge of financial disaster.
The T-TPLF...
TrAIDing in Misery: The T-TPLF, its Partners and Famine in Ethiopia [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
The T-TPLF (Thugtatorship of the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front) is out in full force once again on its annual panhadling circuit.
In January 2016, the T-TPLF was out peddling for food aid and blaming the West for being ungenerous.
For...
Farewell, Barack Obama! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
To: President Barack Obama:
As I bid you farewell and adieu, I ask you three questions on matters that are enormously important to me:
Is Africa better off today than when you became president on January 20, 2009?
Is Ethiopia better off today...
Ethiopia: We MUST Keep Our Eyes on the Prize! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
I am calling for a truce in the war of words among Ethiopian scholars, intellectuals and others over history, historicity and historicism. I am also calling for an end to the histrionics surrounding the war of words.
Truth be told, it is the...