Hijacked Diaspora Discourse

I would like to thank Lulit Amedemariam for her article headlined, “Change from Within” [Volume 8, Number 379, August 5, 2007].
 

I have lived in the United States (US) for over 20 years, and I am very sad to say that the discourse among fellow Ethiopians in the Diaspora has been hijacked by a very vocal minority who many years ago werte disciples of Marxism-Leninism working very hard to establish “the dictatorship of the proletariat”. Today that same generation, a little grayer and a lot older but not much wiser, has a new found religion in “liberal democracy”.

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Diaspora Speaking Loudly, United

Dear Editors,
 

This is in response to Lulit Amdemariam’s column last week headlined, “Change from Within” [Volume 8 Number 379, August 5, 2007]. I have been reading her articles to get a glance of a commentator on a newspaper that supports EPRDF’s policies. It is also great to hear what she has to say on different subjects every week.

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Dealing with Bank Policy Through Business Community Consultation

Dear Editors,
 

I was surprised to read a statement made by Justice Menbretsehay Tadesse, vice president of the Federal Supreme Court, that “mortgage is a form of guarantee denied a guarantee” when he presented at the Sheraton Addis. I was even more surprised by your photo caption on the front page headlined, “A New Level of Thinking”, [Volume 8, Number 370, June 3, 2007].

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Making Quality, Not Quantity Educational Success

Dear Editors,
 

Taken at face value, the last decade has registered a spectacular achievement in education, a crucial area of national development. This quantitative development has no parallel in the history of higher education in the country.

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