We have to face a key reality: Well-intentioned but disastrous mistakes are made by very intelligent, well-educated, highly informed people, backed by vast computing power and reams of data, but wrong nonetheless.

No top official in any Western government has previously suggested that Iran is the driving force behind the terror war in Iraq.

Thomas P. Miller reviews Porter and Teisberg's Redefining Health Care.

Iraq has, it appears, robbed the Bush administration of its will in the Middle East and beyond.

Let’s play "Jeopardy." Round One: Science Literacy. Category: Evolution. For $500: Which is the largest demographic group to reject Darwin’s theory of evolution?”

According to Chris Mooney’s best selling new book, The Republican Brain, a follow up to his 2007 polemic The Republican War on Science, the answer is easy:...

Is the dearth of women scientists the result of gender bias? Or is it the result of different interests, life circumstances, and cognitive strengths?

Public school teacher compensation is roughly 50 percent above private sector levels. In addition to merit pay, fundamental reforms to help schools hire, promote and fire teachers according to the best interests of students is needed.

Perceptions of uncertain future events like credit safety or credit risk are inherently subjective and highly influenced by the views of all the others who are doing what you are doing.