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Ideology - Revolutionary Democracy

• Revolutionary Democracy
• Revolutionary Democracy Redux
• Revolutionary Democracy Recycled
• Revolutionary Democracy Returns
• Revolutionary Democracy Reloaded
• Consent?
• Goodfellas
• 21 months and counting
• and now for something completely different
• Politics is the Continuation of War by Other Means
• Dear Comrade Leonid ...
• The Original Gangsta
• Lipstick on a Pig
• Luck and the Idea Trap
• Jamaica & Chou
• And Now for Something Completely Different
• On the Origins Of The TPLF
• The Post-Totalitarian Stress Disorder
• Revolutionary Spirit Hangover

Economy - Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics

• Zenawinomics
• Research Confirms Meles Inc. Desperate for MDG Billions
• The 7% Solution
• The 7% Maskirovka
• lies, damn lies & statistics
• Return of the Living Hype
• Economic Absurdities
• On Borrowed Time
• Malthus, Hobbes and the Red Queen
• Ethnicity, Poverty and War
• War Makes Folks Poor
• 'Zenawinomics' and the Aztec gods

Disinformation - A Bodyguard of Lies

• The Adventures of Addis Ferengi & the Desperate Dance for Donors
• A Sign of Desperation
• Return of the Living Hype
• Notes on the Information War
• Soylent Green is People !
• Caravan Reloaded
• Caravan Redux
• The Caravan Passes and the Dog Barks
• A Bodyguard of Lies

Tribalism - Divide & Rule

• Goodfellas
• In Whose Name?
• Blood, Oil and Ethnic Rule in Gambella
• Don't Believe The Hype
• Ethnicity, Poverty and War
• On the Origins Of The TPLF
• War Makes Folks Poor
• New Jack Country
• On the Pitfalls of Ethnic Politics

'Election' & Aftermath

• Current Situation, Possible Solutions
• The Adventures of Addis Ferengi & the Desperate Dance for Donors
• Sympathy for the Prime Minister
• Letter from Kaliti Jail
• The Natural Language of Dictatorship
• The World According to Ordell & Meles
• Statement by the Crown Council
• Extras
• Banana Republic
• Talking Points
• Politics is the Continuation of War by Other Means
• Rumors of War
• Tag Team
• A Beginner's Guide to Ethiopian Politics
• The Historic Elections of May 2005
• The Tragedy of Low Expectations
• La Lutta Continua !
• Scorched Earth
• Ordinary Mortals
• Another Red Season Ahead
• A Bodyguard of Lies
• Criminal Minded
• Cadres 'n ze Hood
• Hatred is the Basis
• Common Sense
• We don't need no votes!
• Revolutionary Measures
• Revolutionary Democracy in Action
• Tiger by the Tail
• just like Rasputin
• Politburo Knows Best VII - Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom
• Press Freedom under threat

Feudalism & Famine - Land to the Politburo

• The Greatest Story Ever Mistold
• Billions of lives improved!
• The Creation of a Nation of Serfs
• Marx Reloaded (not Groucho)
• Project 1061
• The Tragedy of the Commons
• let the ferenjis feed 'em ... again
• On Borrowed Time
• Revolutionary Feudalism
• The Wretched of the Earth
• Defending the Revolution
• China shows the way
• Let the Ferenjis Feed 'em

Begging vs. Development - Cargo Cult Economics

• Cargo Cult Economics
• Cargo Cult Economics 2 - All About the Benjamins?
• Cargo Cult Economics 3 - Structural Corruption
• Cargo Cult Economics 4 - Short Term Memory
• Cargo Cult Economics 5 - Cheerleaders
• Cargo Cult Economics 6 - Sachs & Violence
• Cargo Cult Economics 7 - The 7% Solution
• The 7% Maskirovka
• The Adventures of Addis Ferengi & the Desperate Dance for Donors
• you may not see us because we will die
• Earth to Bono? ... Come in Bono ... Earth to Bono?
• Luck and the Idea Trap
• Cognitive Dissonance
• Roads to Prosperity
• Mass Transit System for Central Shoa?
• Geography Lesson

Information De-Evolution - I.T. Development

• Information De-Evolution I - back in the day
• Information De-Evolution II - right now
• Information De-Evolution III - computers
• Information De-Evolution IV - internet
• Information De-Evolution V - Big Brother?
• Information De-Evolution VI - Red Herrings
• The Internet Miracle Development Plan

Structural Corruption - Cosa Nostra

• The World Is Yours
• The World Is Yours II - The Syndicate
• The World Is Yours III - The Commission
• The World Is Yours IV - "An Offer They Can't Refuse"
• The World Is Yours V - Capo di tutti Capi
• The World Is Yours VI - Our Thing
• The World Is Yours VII - Wise Guys

The Great Game - Ferenjis

• How about Chinese?
• Perfidious Albion
• Despots and the Terror Excuse
• Washington's Lethal Delusions of Stability
• Rumors of War
• No More Appeasement

Absolute Power - 15 Years & Counting ...

• Modus Operandi: Professor Asrat vs Meles Inc.
• Fourteen Years After Liberation
• A Beginner's Guide to Ethiopian Politics
• Another Red Season Ahead
• Ordinary Mortals
• but the Constitution says ... oh, nevermind
• Letter to Tony Blair

Liberal Democracy? - Politburo Knows Best

• Politburo Knows Best I -Liberal Democracy
• Politburo Knows Best II - Human Rights
• Politburo Knows Best III - Revolutionary Democracy
• Politburo Knows Best IV - Revolutionary Feudalism
• Politburo Knows Best V - The Wretched of the Earth
• Politburo Knows Best VI - Defending the Revolution
• Politburo Knows Best VII - Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom
• Politburo Knows Best VIII - Occam & Damocles
• Politburo Knows Best IX - Dictatorship

History

• Battle of Adwa 110th Anniversary
• They Had So Much Things To Say
• The Japanizers
• Unhealing Wounds
• Addis Stories
• The Armenians
• The Nile is not just a river in Egypt
• A Warrior Society and its Weapons
• Aksum doesn't want to wait in vain
• Axum or Aksum?
• Gutenberg to Berhanenna Selam
• Menelik meets Skinner
• WMD Legacy from Mengistu & Mussolini
• License Plate History
• Salt to Thalers to Birr
• Remembering H.I.M.
• Ethiopian-Korean Orphans

Aerospace

• The Rise and Fall of the Ethiopian Air Force
• Tsehay and a Roundel History
• Ain't Capitalism Grand?
• Condors and Eagles from Harlem
• Why Ethiopian Airlines Works
• Ethiopian Airlines Works
• Air Force of 1933

Art & Culture

• Zerihun Yetmgeta, artist
• Folk Art from the 1960s
• Yohannes and Menelik Palaces
• Images of a Century Ago
• Nouveau Art
• Expo 67
• The Ethiopic Calendar

Environment

• Falling Off the Climate Curve
• Ecological Footprints
• Those Tigabugna Greens
• Genetically Modified Crops

The World According to Us

• Helter Skelter
• In the Future Everyone Will Be Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize
• Too Spicy for Some
• Eighteen Months and Counting
• Until Next Year
• let the poor chimp smoke already
• AABAMA
• Rule Britannia
• Happy Birthday USA
• one year and counting
• Geldof vs. Girl Power
• Lion Mutilates Forty-Two at Spaghetti Harvest
• Tar, Feathers and Myths
• 100 Days of Rwanda Project
• Capitalism & Slavery
• Remembering M.L.K. Jr
• Hamsterdam
• Bush vs Kerry
• South Korea's Big Stick
• Cocaine 1.0 - Super Cocaine to Vin Mariani
• Cocaine 2.0 - Coca Cola to Crack
• World War IV
• 21st Century Slavery
• Canadian Pop Quiz on Darfur
• The Political Compass

Doing The Right Thing

• Institutions and Accountability
• The Birth of Plenty
• Capitalism, disrespected
• Do the Right Thing
• Ain't Capitalism Grand?
• Bridges to Prosperity

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