Conjuring fear of Nazism and anti-Semitism, Jews recoil from the thought that Judaism might be a race, but medical geneticist Harry Ostrer insists the 'biological basis of Jewishness' cannot be ignored.    In his new book, “Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People,” Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist...

Hossein Khomeini has now joined the long list of regime critics suffering at the hands of the professional killers and torturers whose prime mission is to break the democratic opposition.

Kim Jong Il's search for a successor could turn out to be bigger news than this weekend's missile launch.

Anne Applebaum reviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel.

Can the Shiites be natural allies to the United States? Yes.We just need to make sure we follow the first rule of medicine: do no harm.

The old way of thinking about U.S. politics--little-guy Democrats versus wealthy Republicans--is about as accurate and relevant today as a 1930 weather forecast.

Muqtada al-Sadr's guerrilla attacks are a wake-up call for both the Americans and Ayatollah Sistani.

Conservative ideology now appeals to greater numbers of the middle class and liberalism dominates among the educational and cultural elite.