Well-meaning laws sometimes backfire. It's especially true when they are passed in reaction to media frenzies driven by ideology, not science. That's what's happening in the US and Europe, where advocacy groups are raising new alarms about bisphenol A (aka BPA), a controversial plastic component used to prevent spoilage in myriad products, including containers, dental sealants, and epoxy linings.

The annual gathering of the American Political Science Association probed the relevance of political science as an academic field, and failed to secure the attendance of any political luminaries, fomenting the question: is it important to consider how scholarly work relates to the policy world?

If ever we need evidence of ideology run rampant, the House vote to eliminate the annual American Community Survey and the Economic Census to provide basic information on the state of businesses and industries in the country and data used for generating quarterly gross domestic product estimates is exhibit A.

Nietzsche's framework for understanding the use and abuse of history are helpful in reflecting on some of the contemporary uses to which Churchill’s memory is now put.

A description of the American Political Science Association's 104th annual meeting.

"They do that because they were born that way."

If you say that about homosexuals, you are tolerant and realistic. If you say it about blacks, you are racist (unless you're black yourself). If you say it about women, you may or may not be sexist, depending on who is manning...

Unlocking "unconventional" energy requires unconventional politics, and that's one resource that is genuinely scarce among today's backwards-looking bureaucrats and green interest groups.

Review of School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics by Melissa M. Deckman.