James Jeffrey
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Ethiopia
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Past articles by James:
What the Spanish Get Right
Spain's beauty and communal culture contain lessons for the U.S. → Read More
America Needs Some British Banter
The U.S. has never taken itself so seriously and appears ready to snap. If only it could banter. → Read More
Against Athleisure - The American Conservative
On the trend toward colorlessness and conformity in America. → Read More
The $9 Latte’s Threat to Democracy
Inflation and financial instability represent a clear and present danger to self-government. → Read More
America and the Crisis in Tigray
The chances of a peaceful solution appear incredibly slim, and international mediation efforts don’t appear to be able to do much about it. → Read More
Best Not to Lose Sight of the Devil’s Hand
History repeatedly demonstrates how the blame game—even calling out evil—can too easily backfire. Yet we don't seem to stop. → Read More
Keep Opening Up, America—the World is Watching
The U.K. desperately needs the inspiring example of a strong U.S. post-pandemic recovery. → Read More
A Braver, Newer World of Mail-Order Abortion
In the U.K. and U.S., COVID-19 has provided an excuse for even more accessible abortion. In America at least, it seems the Catholic Church might fight back. → Read More
Abiy Ahmed finally came clean about Eritrean troops. What next?
Added to mystery why Ethiopian PM did not admit this earlier is further uncertainty about effect of withdrawal promise. → Read More
Ethiopia's Looming Insurgency
Ethiopia could be falling apart as its stalwart ally the U.S. remains entangled and distracted. → Read More
Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict and the battle to control information
Warnings about press freedom deterioration as independent reporters endure harassment, denied access to embattled region. → Read More
Britain’s BBC Capitulates To a Very American Problem
The increasingly strident tone of CNN and the New York Times has crossed the Atlantic → Read More
When Zoom Becomes a Prison
We stream and broadcast our lives while lacking in human contact. What of the consequences to come? → Read More
Ethiopia: A Gender-Equal Ethiopian Parliament Can Improve the Lives of All Women
Recent gains by women in the Ethiopian political landscape offer a chance to improve gender equality around the country and put an end to long-standing societal iniquities. → Read More
Don't Play Identity Politics With Veterans
Some have suggested certain Americans aren't qualified to tell the stories of our Middle East wars. Nonsense. → Read More
Stetsons and the Sixties: Among the Bernie Bros in Texas
Our reporter catches up with Sanders supporters and finds them jazzed with the spirit of a decade gone by. → Read More
For the First Time, No Big Texas Welcome for Refugees
Trump allows states to opt out of resettlement and Governor Greg Abbott says yes. But is that right? → Read More
Want to Experience Local Culture? Get Out of the Hotel Clones
Places to rest your head abroad increasingly all feel the same. But there are still some that give you the measure of a place. → Read More
In Defense of the Noble Freelancer
Big media outlets claim to speak for the powerless, so why do they treat their own employees like trash? → Read More
Fears That Saudi-Exported Extremism is Spreading Throughout Africa
Ethiopia has been shaken by attacks on Christian churches, and some fear that Wahhabism may be to blame. → Read More