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...

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:...

His stances for limited government and individual freedom make him the left's lightning rod and the tea party's intellectual godfather. And he is only halfway through the 40 years he may sit on the high court.

This issue of Political Report covers polls on Americans' frustration with Congress, the president's standing, the Tea Party movement, the economy, civil liberties, terror threats, health care trends, and more.

In 2011, does black political inclusion really still depend on protecting black candidates from white competition in race-based districts?

The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act does not reorganize a native Hawaiian government, it creates one, and there is good reason to believe this is unconstitutional.

Old mindsets die hard--all the more reason for the president to become the "post-racial" voice his campaign promised, even if a "post-racial" America remains largely an aspiration.

I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article revises the title song of the movie, Urban Cowboy, to "Looking for better health [rather than either "love" or "love of equality"] in all the wrong places.