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Why Two Parties Feel So Permanent The American political system can make Democrats and Republicans feel as permanent as the Constitution itself. They are not. The Constitution does not require the country to operate with only two major political parties. In fact, the founders themselves disagreed sharply about political factions and did not design a

A Midterm Election With More Than Congress at Stake The 2026 midterms are becoming about more than which political party controls Congress. They are also revealing an argument inside the Republican Party about what being a Republican now requires. In several major primaries, experienced Republican incumbents found themselves fighting opponents supported by President Donald Trump.

Why DNA Still Fascinates Me The more I learn about DNA, the more I realize how much scientists have discovered and how much remains unanswered. We sometimes talk about genetics as though somebody has already opened the instruction manual and read every page. The truth is more interesting than that. Scientists understand DNA well enough