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With Political Instability Growing, Greece Needs to Display Consistency

The latest postponement of a White House visit by Greece’s Premier – for a second time this year – in conjunction with the announcement of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s trip to Washington, DC in May is certainly not auspicious.

Contemplating the Deeper Meaning of the March 25th Double Holiday

Both in Greece and abroad, the double holiday of March 25th is celebrated in manifold ways, with holy services, student shows, parades, etc.

Private Universities in Greece: Seizing Opportunities, Rethinking Past Hangups

The Greek Government is in the process of passing pass long-awaited legislation regarding the operation of private not-for-profit universities.

Institutions, Statutes, and…Misdemeanors

The Greek word for statute or institution (thesmos) is derived from the verb ‘tithemi’, which means to place or lay down – hence the phrase ‘lay down the law’.

National Elections, Mail-in Ballots, and Lame Arguments

An unsuccessful first attempt by the Greek Government to extend mail-in voting rights to Greek citizens living abroad for national elections revealed that there is still ground to cover to overcome longstanding obstacles created by partisanship, considering that 200 votes are needed to pass this amendment.

Will the Government’s Rights Fetish Create a Cultural Backlash?

The Greek Government is displaying inexplicable haste to push through a bill legalizing gay marriage (which will inevitably lead to adoption by homosexual couples, despite pledges to the contrary).

Backgammon or Chess: Is Greece Losing the ‘Soft Power’ Game?

The New York Yankees’ trademark pinstripes were supposedly inspired by an attempt to mask Babe Ruth’s bulging belly.

Re-Envisioning Leadership Institutions in the Diaspora

The Greek-American Community is experiencing a protracted leadership crisis.

Christmas and Cultivating Cultural Capital

The Christmas season is indeed a special time of year.

When ‘Ad Hominem’ Fallacies Disrupt the Diaspora

This column began with every good intention of seizing the opportunity given by Ridley Scott’s new film Napoleon to examine claims that the former may be of ethnic Greek extraction, including arguments that he hailed from the imperial lineage of the Komninoi by way of Mani (via the Stephanopoulos family), or that he spoke Greek (as evidenced from his correspondence with his sister).

With Political Instability Growing, Greece Needs to Display Consistency

Contemplating the Deeper Meaning of the March 25th Double Holiday

Private Universities in Greece: Seizing Opportunities, Rethinking Past Hangups

Institutions, Statutes, and…Misdemeanors

National Elections, Mail-in Ballots, and Lame Arguments

Will the Government’s Rights Fetish Create a Cultural Backlash?

Backgammon or Chess: Is Greece Losing the ‘Soft Power’ Game?

Re-Envisioning Leadership Institutions in the Diaspora

Christmas and Cultivating Cultural Capital

When ‘Ad Hominem’ Fallacies Disrupt the Diaspora

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