Mitt Romney’s showing in Michigan, on top of his proven appeal to this demographic—and particularly to affluent women—suggests they could make a difference in November 2012.

Why can't our opponents be reasonable? In his new book, “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of morality in our rapid and automatic moral intuitions.

Why wait until after an election to begin making meaningful changes in the way government works?

Itmay be prestigious for a city to host an airline hub, but are all thoseplanes on the tarmacworth higher fares and reduced competition?

If Barack Obama gets more than half the black vote and a quarter of the white vote, and if black turnout is high, then Hillary Clinton's campaignwill be in trouble.

As Virginia is becoming less Republican, Mark Warner has a good chance of winning a Senate seat for the Democrats.

The number of schools ranked highly in guides such as Barron's Profiles of American Colleges is increasing, without any evidence that these schools' instructional quality is also increasing. Applicants and their families should be wary of letting these rankings serve as the main criteria in their college decisions.

President Obama’s reelection largely hinges on his ability to play young voters for suckers — again — and whether Mitt Romney will let him.In 2008, Obama won the youth vote by better than a 2–1 margin, 66 percent to 32 percent. Even more impressive, he actually expanded the...