The escalation of fighting in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has brought one of the world's worst humanitarian crises back to the attention of international policymakers. In response, the United Nations (UN) Security Council has authorized three thousand additional troops to reinforce the...

The impetus for abolishing gubernatorial appointments to fill Senate vacancies is understandable, but getting rid of these appointments has its own set of problems.

The United States cannot afford to have a nonfunctioning Senate just because it falls below the constitutional requirement of half its members.

Tea party candidates may lack polish, but some have sharper political instincts than their detractors in the press have been able to understand.

Maps of the latest poll averages for the Senate and governors' races show Republicans leading over almost all of the landmass of America, showing a Democratic Party shrinking back to its bicoastal base.

It is important that an intense Senate minority has some weapons at its disposal to make high-handed majority actions suffer consequences, but due to the misuse of the filibuster, the way the Senate operates now is dysfunctional and costly.

Kennedy provided a balanced and reasonable way to clean up the crazy quilt and often dysfunctional processes we use to fill vacancies temporarily in the Senate while maintaining the continuity of our government.

The three potential candidates in the presidential election have many positive attributes.