Editor's choice: A voice of reason

In the social media era, dispassionate opinions often are harder to find than their strident, one-sided counterparts. So the balanced take by an expert such as William R. Aimutis, executive director of the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab in Kannapolis, N.C., brings a lot of value to the discussion.

Knowable Magazine, the digital publication that "explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens," gave…