“Why do people fail to update their beliefs in light of clear evidence to the contrary? Our research provides an answer: partisanship is a powerful factor that can lead people away from accuracy.” I ...

Identity-based partisanship is when party affiliation reflects an emotional attachment to a group. To shed light on the mechanisms that underlie each type of partisanship, and how they shape the ways ...

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SALT LAKE CITY -- Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh touched off shock waves and soul-searching in the political world by announcing he won't run for re-election. The Democrat says he's grown to dislike Congress, ...

One pressing concern among postliberal theologians is the perverting nature of political arrangements. The terms of the world, in other words, eclipse the transcendence of Christian theology. It ...