Prominent Ethiopian scholar Dr. Maigenet Shifferraw passed away
Ethiopians in the Washington DC Metro Area are shocked to learned about the passing of Dr. Maigenet Shifferraw this week.… (more)
Understanding the current protests in Ethiopia: A rejoinder – Prof. Minga Negash
On February 23, 2016 in a televised interview Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn announced that the three month long public… (more)
Ethiopia at the Eleventh Hour of Peaceful Change – Messay Kebede
Logically, one would hope that the Oromo uprising and the undeniable general discontent and frustration in the country call for… (more)
A Special “Message in a Bottle” to Ethiopian Cheetahs: Born Free, Live Free!
(Classified: For Ethiopian Cheetahs’ Eyes Only) My first “Message” from 2013 This is my second special message to Ethiopia’s “Cheetah… (more)
Bern, Baby, Bern in “Hell (All Y’all) Women Who Don’t Support Hillary”?
A fatwa against young women? Hell hath no fury like a… Who said that? William Congreve or William Shakespeare? Two… (more)
On the Passing of Justice Antonin G. Scalia
In January 2013, the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin G. Scalia declared the U.S. Constitution “is not a… (more)