Fred Hiatt
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Fred Hiatt is the editorial page editor of The Post. He writes editorials for the page and a biweekly column that appears on Mondays.
Hiatt has been with The Post since 1981. Before joining The Post, he worked as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and the Washington Star. At The Post, he covered government, politics, development and other issues in Fairfax County and statewide in Virginia, and later military and national security affairs on the newspaper’s national staff. From 1987 to 1990, he and his wife were co-bureau chiefs of The Post’s Tokyo bureau, and from 1991 to 1995 they served as correspondents and co-bureau chiefs in Moscow. He joined the editorial board in 1996 and became editorial page editor in 2000. He is the author of “The Secret Sun: A Novel of Japan,” which was published in 1992, as well as two books for children, “If I Were Queen of the World” (1997) and “Baby Talk” (1999).
Articles by Fred Hiatt
Toehold in Tehran? (June 23, 2008)
'Bush Lied'? If Only It Were That Simple. (June 9, 2008)
The Belligerent vs. the Naif? (May 26, 2008)
In Burma, a U.N. Promise Not Kept (May 12, 2008)
The Gymnast And the Czar (April 28, 2008)
The Bumpy Road to Congestion Relief (April 14, 2008)
She Brakes for Ideology (January 21, 2008)
She Brakes for Ideology (January 21, 2008)
Myth of the Strongman (December 24, 2007)
Myth of the Strongman (December 24, 2007)
The Anti-Freedom Agenda (December 10, 2007)
The Anti-Freedom Agenda (December 10, 2007)
Calculation and Conviction (November 26, 2007)
Calculation and Conviction (November 26, 2007)
A Rescuer for the U.N. -- and Burma (November 12, 2007)
A Rescuer for the U.N. -- and Burma (November 12, 2007)
Maryland's Senator Fix-It (October 29, 2007)
Maryland's Senator Fix-It (October 29, 2007)
Armenians Who Need Help Today (October 15, 2007)
Armenians Who Need Help Today (October 15, 2007)
What We Owe the Burmese (October 1, 2007)
What We Owe the Burmese (October 1, 2007)
No-Excuses Leadership for the Schools (September 3, 2007)
No-Excuses Leadership for the Schools (September 3, 2007)
Pre-K Pragmatism From Tim Kaine (August 20, 2007)
Pre-K Pragmatism From Tim Kaine (August 20, 2007)
What Clinton (Almost) Doesn't Say (July 16, 2007)
What Clinton (Almost) Doesn't Say (July 16, 2007)
Buried With Bush (July 2, 2007)
Buried With Bush (July 2, 2007)
Kremlin Anxiety (June 18, 2007)
Kremlin Anxiety (June 18, 2007)
Stay-the-Course Plus (June 4, 2007)
Stay-the-Course Plus (June 4, 2007)
Choices That Are Changing Lives in D.C. (May 21, 2007)
Choices That Are Changing Lives in D.C. (May 21, 2007)
A Soviet Memorial -- and Mind-Set (May 7, 2007)
A Soviet Memorial -- and Mind-Set (May 7, 2007)
The Fall Replacements (March 26, 2007)
The Fall Replacements (March 26, 2007)
Who's to Blame for Russia? (March 12, 2007)
Who's to Blame for Russia? (March 12, 2007)
Clogged Arteries (February 26, 2007)
Clogged Arteries (February 26, 2007)
Kasparov's Gambit (February 12, 2007)
Kasparov's Gambit (February 12, 2007)
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent (January 29, 2007)
The Vanishing Foreign Correspondent (January 29, 2007)
The Lives on the Line (January 15, 2007)
The Lives on the Line (January 15, 2007)
A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? (December 18, 2006)
A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? (December 18, 2006)
Japan Shrinks (November 20, 2006)
Japan Shrinks (November 20, 2006)
A Freedom Agenda for Japan (November 15, 2006)
A Freedom Agenda for Japan (November 15, 2006)
A Case Study for Washington's New Mayor (November 6, 2006)
A Case Study for Washington's New Mayor (November 6, 2006)
In Tackling Schools, Fenty Will Be Tested (October 23, 2006)
In Tackling Schools, Fenty Will Be Tested (October 23, 2006)
China's Iron Grip (October 9, 2006)
China's Iron Grip (October 9, 2006)
How We Endorse, and Why (September 11, 2006)
How We Endorse, and Why (September 11, 2006)
The Democracy Backlash (July 10, 2006)
The Democracy Backlash (July 10, 2006)
How to Save Immigration Reform (June 26, 2006)
Burmese Delusions (May 29, 2006)
Signs of Change At Gallaudet (May 15, 2006)
Going It Alone? It Depends (May 1, 2006)
Democrats' Narrow Vision (April 3, 2006)
The Case for Caring Now (March 20, 2006)
'Poised to Make a Difference' in D.C. Schools (March 6, 2006)
Why Kaine Is Different (February 20, 2006)
The Goal Of These Pages (February 5, 2006)
Bush's Big Silence (January 23, 2006)
Champion Of Freedom? (December 26, 2005)
Chinks in the Republican Armor (December 12, 2005)
The Politics of War (November 14, 2005)
Two Systems, One (Uncertain) Future (October 31, 2005)
Honesty Isn't the Policy in Virginia (October 17, 2005)
Silent on Putin's Slide (October 3, 2005)
The Unsung Heroes (June 27, 2005)
The Right Conversation for America (June 13, 2005)
High Stakes at the U.N. (May 30, 2005)
The Cost Of Putin's Repression (May 2, 2005)
