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American and British researchers have identified several indicators that child care now occupies less of the average adult’s lifetime than in past decades.

Vision publisher David Hulme discusses politics and religion—and politics as religion—with Italian author and historian Emilio Gentile.

On the heels of extensive government intervention in economies around the world, Ayn Rand made a comeback. Is her philosophy really the answer?

The current financial crisis reveals that humanity has been here before. And we’ll be here again, unless we start taking a fundamentally different approach.

The actual process of money creation occurs in depository institutions, principally commercial banks.

Today buyers and sellers do not trust each other, and the economic activity essential for civil order and prosperity has all but stopped for many nations.

Various life experiences undoubtedly played their part in producing what is possibly George Orwell’s best known work, Nineteen Eighty-Four.

What does the most popular fashion doll in history, the forever-young, always-in-style Barbie say about our world, about our values, about us?

By retraining the way we think and act, we can positively influence the brain to retrain itself. The vicious cycle of depression can be reversed.

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression, causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to function.

Gaza: What will it take to resolve this seemingly impossible impasse of brothers on the same land?

According to writer and philosopher A. C. Grayling, reading can be better appreciated by taking a historical look at the subject.

Although at times we all wonder, “Why am I here?” and “What is the meaning of my life?” these questions arise from a larger crisis of identity.

The majority of wars today are intrastate conflicts fought with small arms, and where such conflicts take place, many of those fighting are children.

Military organizations as well as non-state opposition groups in war-ravaged areas of the world often recruit children to serve as child soldiers.

Career diplomat Uri Savir has a passion for peace in the Middle East. This interview by publisher and Mideast scholar David Hulme is Savir’s second for Vision.

According to the FBI, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States—it claims more than 10 million victims a year, and this number is expected to rise.

Although it is impossible to be completely safe from identity theft, there are many simple and inexpensive steps that can be taken to reduce the danger.

Russia’s struggle for national identity sheds light on our own need to know who we are and what’s expected of us.