This Week's Editorial
The St. Nicholas Quagmire
As the ninth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001 - in which not only many members of our community, but also the St. Nicholas Church in the shadow of the World ...
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The Other Side of Austerity: Enoikiazete
Fiscal prudence is a practice that should begin at home and be followed by governments, but in the era of plastic money and easy credit, no wants to hear that...
The Other Side of Austerity: Enoikiazete
Fiscal prudence is a practice that should begin at home and be followed by governments, but in the era of plastic money and easy credit, no wants to hear that. They want what they want. Former New Y...
Are we in kindergarten?
When will some Greek Orthodox priests in America understand that people go to Church – especially on major holidays – not to be lectured on the evils of people of other faiths and the barbaric acts ...
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The submarine scandal: Is nothing sacred anymore?
The revelations by none other than the Wall Street Journal that Greek politicians were bribed with “millions of Euros” by a German company that was...
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History in the making?
The 40th Clergy-Laity congress took place in Atlanta this week - returning after 30 years. For a long time it appeared as though it would happen only because it was scheduled t...
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Greece as an Afterthought
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been having his own way a lot recently, badgering Israel after that country’s disastrous raid on a so-called humanitarian a...
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Papandreou’s Lunches
It was the third time, as far as we know, that Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou met, in private, with a number of wealthy Greek American businessmen.
The first time th...
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St. Papandreou gets a Puff Piece
Rarely does one read as glowing a portrayal of a foreign leader as that which the New York Times - of all papers - printed last week about the Prime Minister of Gre...
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Should we visit Greece this summer?
That is a question concerning many Greek Americans this year because of the way things are going over there.
The short answer is yes, we should go.
The fa...
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Hurrah for Gerolymatos, one of our own
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named four new members to the country’s critical Advisory Council on National Security, including National Herald...
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When Will They Ever Learn?
They kept coming by the hundreds, like soldiers carrying banners, repeating slogans that their leader was screaming into a bull horn. It was the second of a nationwide str...
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Greece: A Closer Look
When New York Times three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas L. Friedman visited Athens two weeks ago, he said he was impressed by how calm Prime Minister George Pap...
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When All the News About Greece is Bad
To many of us it is a daily dilemma lately: how are we suppose to feel about the merciless stream of bad news reported daily in our most prestigious newspape...
This Week's Editorial
May 8-14, 2010
Washington’s Low-Key Role
You may have noticed that throughout the financial crisis that has shaken Greece to its core over the past seven months (a crisis that has been covered e...
Wiser and stronger
As the Greek American community prepares to celebrate Greek Independence by partaking in big parades in the cities with the largest Greek populations, it would be well to keep in mind that this year, ...
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When Professor Charles Calomiris gave a lecture on the debt problem of Greece last Wednesday at the Archdiocesan Cathedral Center in New York, it was a standing room only event. Rarely do we see so ma...
Thank you and Christos Anesti
Twice a year, at Christmas and Easter, we print special issues celebrating these holy seasons. We also include greetings from communities, businesses, topika somateia, individual parishes and metropol...
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The financial crisis in the United States brings back, with intensity, the anger, confusion and inaccuracies circulating concerning the contribution immigrants have historically made and continue to m...
March 25th and the future
The 25th of March is so filled with meaning for Hellenes, especially those of us who were born in Greece or have parents who were born there, that it is difficult to accept what some of our leaders te...
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