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...

The debate over Social Security is over internalizingversus externalizing responsibility.

The fires of freedom are burning all over Iran, Syria, and Lebanon. Don't stand back and admire the flames. Push the dictators in, and then cheer as free societies emerge.

Nicholson Baker's Human Smoke is a cheerful contribution to the movement against scholarship.

A Bradley Lecture onthe continuing relevance of the study of Machiavelli to modern politcs.