This Week's Editorial (Feb. 4-10, 2012)
Benefactors Contribute to TNH’s Fund for the Neediest
Back on Dec. 15 we had called on readers of the Greek edition to support TNH's Fund for the Neediest, which has been helping the less fortunate...
What Patriotism Demands
A recent New York Times Magazine article about whether Israel will attack Iran proclaims that “there is... the fierce conviction, right or wrong, that only the Israelis can ultimately defend themselve...
This Week's Editorial (Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2012)
CIA Agents and the Greek-American Community
Three years ago, a journalist from the New Yorker paid us a visit and posed an intriguing question: Why do so many Greek-Americans work for the CIA?
We ...
Director Dies Senselessly
For the first time in what feels like an eternity, Greece made global headlines on Tuesday not for its economic woes, but for its culture. Unfortunately, this news too was of a tragic nature – the dea...
Commentary Generates Ideas about Helping Greeks
We have received many comments from all over the country regarding last week’s lead editorial (Jan. 21) entitled “A Call to Greek-Americans: Many People in Greece Desperately Need Help.”
Some people...
CIA Agents and the Greek-American Community
Three years ago, a journalist from the New Yorker paid us a visit and posed an intriguing question: Why do so many Greek-Americans work for the CIA?
We must admit that the question caught us by surpr...
This Week's Editorial (Jan. 21-27, 2012)
A Call to Greek-Americans: Many People in Greece Desperately Need Help
As the economic crisis in Greece is getting worse – in fact it probably will get much worse yet – the inevitable question is a...
Expand Greek Immigration
The surge in immigration to the United States during the 1990s is a thing of the past. The Census Bureau reported that there were only half as many legal and illegal immigrants during this past decade...
Responsible Journalism
We knew early on that covering the Greek economic crisis responsibly would be a complex matter, one that demanded more than just ordinary journalistic knowhow. The reason is that beyond national sover...
This Week's Editorial (Jan. 14 - 20, 2012)
Church Head, Not Leader
When Andreas Papandreou died, Constantine Karamanlis asked one of his aides to issue a statement on his behalf. The aide hailed the contribution made by the former head of...
Farm Life or Bust
"For young people, the only option is to go to the countryside or abroad." These are the bitter words of Alexander Triha, as presented in an article in the New York Times (reprinted in this issue) reg...
Church Head, Not Leader
When Andreas Papandreou died, Constantine Karamanlis asked one of his aides to issue a statement on his behalf. The aide hailed the contribution made by the former head of the PASOK party. "Don't writ...
Greek-American Resilience
We would wish our brothers in Greece and some Greek-Americans living among us would read the article about John Kambouris, a Greek-American pizza man, which appears in this issue.
So just who is John...
This Week's Editorial (Jan. 7 - 13, 2012)
Greek Voters Take Left Turn
The rule of thumb for countries requesting bailouts from the IMF is that their governments change frequently throughout the duration of their economic crises. After the cr...
2011’s Words of the Year
There are awards and honorary titles for practically everyone and everything. One such example is Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" (Turkish Premier Erdogan almost got the award this year but inste...
In Search of a Candidate
Were eight votes enough to pick a winner in this week's Republican primary in Iowa? Obviously yes. But was not the result a Pyrrhic victory?
If we are to judge from the voters’ messages in Iowa, the ...
Blind Justice in Greece? Really?
Are we to believe that the fight against corruption in Greece is starting with Mt. Athos and the arrest of Fr. Ephraim, abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery, or is that simply a politically-motivated ges...
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