Alemayehu G Mariam
(This week my regular Monday commentary is presented for the second time in the form of a “flash drama” on Obama (a sub-genre of theatrical play sometimes described as a “ten minute one-act play”). The first “act” …
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Obama came and saw but did he conquer Africa?
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My brother Abebe and his WMD
By Yilma Bekele
I doubt there is an Ethiopian in the Diaspora not familiar with what happened last Friday. As they say the video has gone viral. The act has brought deep satisfaction to the psych of the oppressed and …
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Meles writes Obama
By Yilma Bekele
To my dear friend Barack Obama. I hope this letter finds you well. We are doing fine here in this location that will stay nameless. Except for that little matter of famine, deflation and inflation most things …
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09.25.09. Where Will You Be?
TsehaiNY.com Staff
Published August 26, 2009
Numbers are important and Ethiopian-Americans for Change, formerly Ethiopians for Obama, is taking the initial steps of making the Ethiopian community within the United States ‘count’.
During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, the diligent …
Hot air from Arat Kilo
By Yilma Bekele
Our new name is the Ethiopians in the Diaspora. ‘The term Diaspora (in Greek διασπορά – “a scattering [of seeds]”) refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnic identity who were either forced to leave …
First polls close in parts of Indiana, Kentucky – McCain leads
6:31 PM WASHINGTON DC
Early leads for McCain
(AFP) – The first polls in the historic U.S. elections closed in parts of Indiana and Kentucky on Tuesday with no results yet in the presidential race between Barack Obama and John …
Last tracking polls reveal a most unusual picture
By Richard Baehr
The final deluge of national tracking polls and state polls has arrived, and they reveal a most unusual picture. Barack Obama’s lead in the national tracking polls has widened by almost 2% in the final days, now …
Keep early eye on Georgia, Virginia and Indiana
By LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) – Election watchers won’t have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come early, when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If …
Bush advisor Karl Rove makes electoral college prediction
By Andrew Malcolm, Los Angeles Times
The final day before the official presidential voting and the final version of Karl Rove’s exclusive national electoral map sees a strong victory for Barack Obama, gaining the most electoral votes since Bill Clinton’s …
“Free Market vs. Big Government” & the 2008 Election
by Selam Retta, Tsehainy.com
Donkey vs. Elephant” “Democrat vs. Republicans” “Socialism vs. Capitalism” “Free Market vs. Big Government”
Free Market? The only time that ever came close to existence is probably during the early stage of this nation’s founder’s time. …
U.S. Election: Going Obama’s way, but not over yet
By Charlie Cook, National Journal
John McCain needed a breakthrough during Tuesday night’s debate. If he got it, I must have been watching the wrong channel. Yes, McCain definitely seemed more comfortable with the town hall setting than with the …
The race isn’t necessarily over for Obama and McCain
By Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report
Does Obama have it all locked up? My colleague at Thomas Jefferson Street, Robert Schlesinger, thinks so. And he may very well prove to be right. When we look back over the …