What are the basic differences between the parliamentary system and an American-style setup? And what parliamentary features might look appealing to gridlock-frustrated Americans? Here's a rundown.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rating agency Standard & Poor's stunned the world a year ago by stripping the U.S. government of its prized AAA bond ratin...
Barack Obama can't afford to play it safe and hope he'll win. The president can't sit back until Labor Day before energizing his campaign. If he does, he'll lose.
Strengthening the civic education of the next generation of Americans through exercises in which students have to agree on controversial issues might help. But that will take time. And we can't afford to wait.
WASHINGTON — Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are churning out bills designed to make the ...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- As Ron Paul falls behind Mitt Romney in the polls, he is attempting to win over moderates and undecided voters, telling them ...
Compromise was on the wane in our nation's Capitol before the elections of 2010. It has become virtually non-existent since.
The headline Super Committee Stalled As Deadline Approaches is ominous. I'm trying hard to view this through a prism of rationality and not let emot...
Naming Bloomberg Treasury secretary would be a bold move by Obama to seek a post-partisan truce against gridlock in Washington and to escalate an urgent bid to create jobs, revitalize housing and revive the economy.
This is a summary introduction to my 2,600-word essay, "Reform Society -- Save Ourselves." In America, we live in a fragmented society. Congressiona...
In order for the mainstream media to claim that their version of balance reflects the moderate middle, they're forced to ignore the actual moderate middle.
It is ironic that our region, the capital of the free world, suffers from world-class gridlock in the political process and on area roads.
What will it take for people to realize that compromise doesn't necessarily mean caving in and that common ground is necessary to achieve anything worthwhile?
Dr. Krugman, I do not understand how your model of citizenship standing outside the legislative chambers is relevant to the members standing on the inside when you -- the citizen -- do not constitutionally require the members to do anything.
This email was sent to Howard Schultz in response to his invitation to attend a telephone conference he has arranged for next Tuesday: Dear Howard, ...
I think our state of affairs is nonsense. We the People are standing around allowing Congress to run us onto the rocks. We are stupid. We should stop being stupid and solve the problem. We should fix the situation.
Our system of governance is broken. And as I remark almost as often, the way this broken system is covered by the media is also broken, and so our understanding of the reasons for the breakage suffers.
The CEO of Starbucks wants Washington to wake up and smell the coffee. Infuriated by what he described as irresponsible behavior, Howard Schultz is...
Democracy 21 wholeheartedly supports the Schultz proposal to boycott campaign donations to federal officeholders.
Right now I am imagining a big, dark, ominous word cloud hanging over Washington, D.C. If I had to guess, the largest words in the word cloud would ...
Would you believe that, after the recent scandals in California around illegal compensation and government secrecy, the California legislature is keeping the budgets of legislators and legislative committees secret?
Washington is an island drowning in its own self-interest, surrounded by a hurting and unhappy nation of deeply patriotic citizens who hunger for shared national purpose but find our politics to be sickening, insulting and corrupted.
NEW YORK (Joan Gralla) - A debt default would have a catastrophic effect on the nation's financial system and also deal a huge setback to New York...
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Washington is not gridlocked -- elected officials do not have to vote their party line. While practically all Republicans support conservative causes, a fair number Democrats vote conservatively as well.
The world's two most powerful men will both be in New York Thursday and city residents are bracing themselves for a special brand of "Obama-Bieber" gr...
