If invested with popular legitimacy, Europe's success will depend on balancing it with long-term focused meritocratic governance and avoiding capture by short-term and particular special interests. A middle Way between West and East is indeed necessary.

The fight against corruption and the fight to expand democracy go hand and glove. If we do not recognize this, we allow those who seek greater control and less democracy to increase their power and the power of the parties they lead.

As Congress moves forward with efforts to reform immigration, quality health care should be made available to all kids.

Bob Edgar, the president and CEO of Common Cause, ...

In early April the Associated Press announced that it would no longer use the word "illegal" when referring to undocumented immigrants. The decision h...

'Comprehensive Immigration Reform,' a.k.a. CIR, seems to be on a roll. The Gang of Eight in the Senate and a similar cabal in the House claim they will release bills in April. I hope they do.

In this country, an education should not only be a pathway to a better job, but a pathway to a better life.

When traditional systems falter and fail, new ideas spring to life. Little noticed by most observers, handholds on processes of potentially important new forms of change have been quietly developing around the country.

To Congress I say: Round up the experts, look to the future and forget about tomorrow's vote. Pass an immigration reform bill that will heal our country and that will last for 50 years or more.