Unless we tackle the cultural and mental health issues fueling populist train wrecks across the West, any political victory against them will only be temporary.

Automation is responsible for most jobs lost in the industrial world and could replace as much as two thirds of the developing world's workforce. Why are we still pretending it's decades away?

Evidence-based medicine, vaccination, and good science are out in Italy. Alt med scams, snake oil, and anti-vaccination propaganda are in.

Seriously, it's not a good idea to encourage ignoramuses who see themselves as titans of science on the verge of being lavished with fame and fortune.

Capitalism will always be with us. We just need to learn how to use it, not serve it like an angry deity.