Survival of the Evolution Debate
Why Darwin is still a lightning rod.
Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2006
What is it about even the slightest dissent from Darwin's theory of natural selection that drives liberal elites bonkers? In the 1920s, it was the fact that anyone could believe the story of Genesis in a literal way that offended the delicate sensibilities of our cultural mavens. Then in the 1970s it was something called "creation science" that drove them apoplectic. Today it is the heresy of "intelligent design" that they seek to extirpate root and branch.   [Full Story]

Not Your Father's Republican Party
Is the GOP still the conservative party?
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005
Until recently it was widely assumed that the Republican Party is America's conservative party. But increasingly it has been argued that the Republican Party is anything but a conservative party. Over the last forty years the party has indeed undergone an ideological and political transformation, a transformation that has at once redefined American conservatism as well as fueled the party's rise to national predominance.  [Full Story]

Between Idealism and Realism

Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005
The Bush Doctrine defies easy definition or classification. The twin pillars of President Bush's foreign policy -- aggressively spreading democracy, while forcefully preempting emerging threats -- are as unfamiliar to recent American foreign policy as their combination is unsettling. As a result, his overall strategy has been at times grossly misunderstood and caricatured.  [Full Story]

Why Conservatives Care About Biotechnology

Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2003
What is it about biotechnology and its advances that many conservatives find troubling? Adam Wolfson considers the effects of biotech on our moral ideals, social institutions, and the American project, and asks whether the Right is right to worry.  [Full Story]