Rajiv Tarigopula

A wake up call to fight corruption

Let us heed our President’s call for enduring national unity.

The former Florida governor reflects on politics, education, and service

Now that we're involved in Libya, let's put aside narrow domestic political considerations and act like we know how to win.

President Obama's intelligent utilization of political capital is going to play a larger role than ever

Forcing senators to become Mr. Smiths in order to filibuster carries little harm, and may indeed be beneficial for the nation; however, disrespecting the sanctity of minority rights in the Senate is utterly unacceptable. The United States Senate must defend the 60-vote cloture threshold, for lowering this margin to 51 votes would give undue power to a simple majority. As Winston Churchill cautioned so many years ago, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. To our Senate: do not allow the upcoming filibuster reform to serve as a classic embodiment of this warning for generations to come. To Democrats and Republicans alike: reject Professor Zelizer's overly majoritarian call to arms. For the sake of the nation, in the name of tradition, today's filibuster as an institution must continue to endure.

When we sacrifice our national security for the sake of transparency, we have crossed the line

The eyes of the nation and political commentators will be on the Republican House of Representatives and Speaker John Boehner in the immediate future. Their actions now may well determine the course of the Republican Party as we know it for the next few decades of American history.

The crisis in American education has catapulted to the spotlight in recent years.  Or so it seems.  With the release of the critically acclaimed...

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court infamously ruled in Citizens United v. FEC that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be...