The political acumen of the Greek people

The old cliche that technology has made the world smaller is particularly true for immigrants. When I left Greece for the US in 1981, my means of keeping in touch with friends and family back home were limited to a letter every other week and a phone call every couple of months. Living in the Upper Midwest of the US, in the state of Minnesota, meant that I was cut off from the main centers of Hellenism on the east coast of the country. Even though the Minneapolis/St Paul area is one of the country's major urban centers, I mostly learned about developments in Greece by occasionally reading the major Greek-American newspaper.

These days I start my mornings by reading two or three major Greek newspapers online; then I browse a couple of blogs and check news from friends via Facebook. After work I spend a little time watching the TV news (again, via the internet) from one or two...