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In Iraq, Messy is Better
A close election indicates a strengthening democratic process Iraq’s parliamentary elections in March prompted a 62 percent voter turnout, with 12 million Iraqis voting for the next leaders of their fledgling democracy. For a country that has...
Battlefield Juarez
Time is running out for the Mexican drug war Since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006 promising to end Mexico’s illicit drug trade, more than 18,000 people have been killed, and the death toll rises every month. In Ciudad Juarez,...
Do Conservatives “Just Hate All Taxes”?
In a generally well-written article, HPR staff writer Will Rafey recently addressed the need to raise the gas tax “to make the private cost of driving a car reflect...
How to Pass a Gas Tax
The politics of an unpopular policy In 1993, President Bill Clinton pushed the last bill through Congress to increase the gas tax. Even this, however, was...
Cycle of Corruption
Corruption in Africa will not end until civil society repairs itself In the 2002 Kenyan presidential campaign, Mwai Kibaki promised his countrymen...
Has Change Come to Japan?
After decades of one-party rule, the Liberal Democratic Party falters In the United States last year, “change we can believe in” became a national...
Brazil on the World Stage
Can Latin America’s largest country rise above the hurdles? As cannons blasted confetti down upon a roaring crowd in Rio de Janeiro in October, Latin...
Compassionate Conservatism Confounded
Faith-based initiatives face tough political realities When President Bush campaigned in 2000, faith-based initiatives were at the center of his...
Regulating an Industry Without Really Trying
Boring is Best in Financial Reform The most famous story of Wall Street is of an out-of-town visitor brought to Lower Manhattan and shown the dazzling boats...
Reassessing Plan Colombia
Turning from the coca fields to the cocaine market While anti-drug policy rarely makes headlines in American politics today, the issue dominates politics...
Current Issue: Spring 2010
Religion in America
- Is Godless Great? A New Heyday for American Secularism
The American Way of Faith Compromise, innovation, and tradition
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