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Re "Sixty years, new frontiers," Time International editor Michael Elliott's discussion of how Europe has changed since mid-century, when Time first published an Atlantic edition: Looking back over my 31 years of reading Time, I would like to boldly say that it has been worthwhile. Sixty years may...
The past five years under the democratically elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra were a nightmare [Oct. 2]. He was a tyrant in disguise. He bought votes to pave his way to power. He and his Cabinet members destroyed the system's checks and balances, abused state power, blocked access to...
In an immature democracy, an ultra-rich and clever person could manipulate elections by buying votes from poor people, then take advantage of loopholes in the constitution; and with complicated, time-consuming government procedures helping him, he could stay in power. He could use his position to fill senior government...
Bridget Welsh's viewpoint, "Damage Assessment," was the best analysis I have read on this coup. But it did not allow for a scenario of the return of a working democracy by October 2007 if the military sticks to its promises. Maybe this latest military coup should be viewed as...
I was disappointed that your story did not mention what everyone should know about Chávez: there is legitimate opposition to his rule in Venezuela, but his method for dealing with it has been to replace the legislature and decree that all law come from a special council he...