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 ...

Disclaimer: I don't claim that what I say is totally "true," because the truth is elusive in this complicated world. Rather, I'm offering some ideas to help perceive the world, others, and ourselves ...

Daniel Bannish, Psy.D., lives in Harpswell. The “world’s greatest deliberative body” has morphed to a point beyond gridlock to become a “party-first” body that deliberates on the sins of the other.

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, ...