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But it all ends badly. History has not absolved the personalist rule of Fidel Castro or any of the others who took the populist path to power.

What is remarkable is not that it happened, but that it took so long.

A Trump administration can’t stop globalization, but it can diminish America’s role in governing it.

By decreasing tensions with China and Russia, the U.S. could prevent the two powers from aligning against the West.

The “Great Reaction” that propelled Donald Trump to the White House is not just another turn of the electoral cycle, but an indication of a system in crisis.

Something is profoundly wrong if spewing out insulting tweets can pave the way to the doorstep of the White House.

“While once social media was seen as a liberating means to speak truth to power, now the issue is how to speak truth to social media.”

“Donald Trump is a living example of the damage the mobocratic algorithms of social media can do to the democratic process.”

By rejecting the TPP, Clinton and Trump have already made Washington’s Asian allies doubt America’s clout.

We already genetically modify plants and pets. Humans will be next. Should we fear or embrace our conscious mutation as a species?

The ongoing decimation ranks the Syrian city as an emblem of human brutality in our time.

In an era of Trump and Brexit, the Canadian philosopher’s insight is especially relevant.

The former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner recently passed away at the age of 93.

In an enlightened dialogue, the Dalai Lama tells Archbishop Desmond Tutu that his years as a refugee have taught him to identify with the plight of so many others today...

The great paradox of the internet age is that ever-greater connectivity also means ever-greater capacity for surveillance — both by governments and the private sector...
