Here is one version of the left-right spectrum, as described in 1975 by a former Barry Goldwater speechwriter who had left the conservative movement to break bread with Black Panthers and Wobblies.

If you follow political issues, you probably often see references to the "left" and the "right." These terms are ubiquitous. But what do they really mean? Do they capture any systematic distinctions ...

Most of us have, at one point in our life, confused left and right. Some even may do it frequently. A common situation for left-right confusion is driving in a car and the person in the passenger seat ...

Can you remember the last time that you confused left and right? Most healthy people have no issues telling left from right, but for some people (about 15 percent), left-right confusion is a somewhat ...