PostPartisan Archive: Hiatt
The real scandal in the resignation of Japan's foreign minister
Japan's latest political scandal, which has weakened an already reeling government, is ostensibly about foreigners giving campaign donations. But the true scandal is what the episode shows about the continuing reluctance of the Japanese to welcome or assimilate anyone...
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| March 9, 2011; 3:13 PM ET |
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Another moderate in Pakistan is assassinated
Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated outside his home in Pakistan today, came to visit a few of us at The Post one month ago. He was soft-spoken and matter-of-fact about the dangers he faced -- and about his refusal,...
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| March 2, 2011; 10:14 AM ET |
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So does Mubarak stay or go?
MUNICH -- So does Mubarak stay or go? President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have said that the transition to democracy in Egypt must begin immediately, but they have been careful not to say whether that requires...
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| February 5, 2011; 2:56 PM ET |
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Democracy's unlikely look
Dictatorships almost always seem impregnable, until the day they suddenly become improbable.
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| February 4, 2011; 9:37 AM ET |
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Meanwhile, in the other Russia...
If prosecutors charge you with a crime in Russia, you have a 0.07 percent chance of being acquitted by a judge, according to attorney Vadim Klyuvgant. Those are considerably worse odds, he says, than you would have faced in...
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| December 3, 2010; 11:25 AM ET |
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Campaign 2010 was ugly -- does the next one have to be?
If you felt like this year's campaign was uglier than previous ones, you were right. A stunning graphic in Sunday's New York Times shows how the percentage of negative advertising has risen steadily over the past six years, from...
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| November 2, 2010; 11:11 AM ET |
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