Articles

A look at Otto the Great and his role in a reemerging Roman empire, this time in Germany.

Capitalism has always been controversial. How should we view the economic system that has come to dominate our world?

Experts predict that the avian flu virus will likely mutate and cause a human pandemic. How might that happen, and what can we do?

How can we minimize our risk of getting an infectious disease? Most people ignore the age-old wisdom revealed in the pages of the Bible.

Vision Publisher David Hulme, together with three historians and a filmmaker, continue their roundtable talk on Hitler, the Holocaust and human nature.

A startling archaeological find in Israel last summer is fueling debate about the historicity of the Bible.

Part One: What is capitalism, how did it develop, and why is it so widely admired and accepted?

Historically, the establishment of an alphabet signals a structured society that has developed complex means of communicating ideas.

Best known for An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith is credited with establishing the discipline of political economics.

Is modern civilization following a potentially short flight path? Three recent books have sought to provide insight into the answer.

With the recent death in Vienna of Simon Wiesenthal, a voice has been stilled; a light has gone out.

Vision reviews three books that address whether globalization is good for humanity or not.

Vision publisher David Hulme talks with three historians and a filmmaker about the Holocaust. How could it have occurred, and could it ever happen again?

The idea that a political regime can confer divinity has remarkable longevity, particularly among historical dictators.

The concept of right use underlies good design. In other words, when designing with people as the end users, their best interests must be considered.

The dropping of an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945, forced the world to the threshold of a new era. But how much has really changed?

Yoshitaka Kawamoto recounts, firsthand, the events of August 6, 1945. He was 13 years old when the first A-bomb fell near his school in Hiroshima.

As the world recalls the end of World War II, Vision examines Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, the unprecedented cruelty he unleashed, and the lessons to be remembered.

Like many of his predecessors, Roman emperor Constantine the Great used religion to great political advantage.

The absence of men in churches is not a new phenomenon. Several scholars and church leaders have noticed and addressed the trend.