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You may not have noticed it over the weekend, but this blog is now fully operational. We’re now accepting comments from readers who go through a brief registration process — and we’re very excited to hear back from Passport readers. For technical reasons, this is not the same login you may have already set up ...

You may not have noticed it over the weekend, but this blog is now fully operational. We're now accepting comments from readers who go through a brief registration process -- and we're very excited to hear back from Passport readers.

You may not have noticed it over the weekend, but this blog is now fully operational. We’re now accepting comments from readers who go through a brief registration process — and we’re very excited to hear back from Passport readers.

For technical reasons, this is not the same login you may have already set up for our main Web site, which runs on a different software platform.

If you go through with registration you’ll notice that we have a pretty legalistic comments policy. Please do give it a careful read, but the gist of it is this: Treat the Passport comments section like you would your grandmother’s living room. Do that, and everyone will get along and we’ll have a nice, friendly discussion.

Consider this the first of many open threads. Fire away. What do you want to talk about? Here’s a possible topic: Has the media offered enough coverage of the U.S. presidential candidates’ foreign policies?

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