Democrat Rahm Emanuel, eyeing a presidential run, says his party must focus on educational achievement, not culture wars.

Democrats continue to be more likely than Republicans to say science has had a mostly positive effect on society.

Democrats and Republicans promised different visions of the role of government. For decades, it seemed clear what each party stood for, but those lines are becoming less and less clear as President ...

Reading commentary about the recent elections, I thought of an observation of Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the ...