Spring 2008

Vision's aim is to examine the underlying meaning of present conditions and focus beyond immediate circumstances: Two aspects of good vision.

It’s a reality with a colorful history dating back to ancient empires: Powerful leaders sometimes fall prey to grand delusions.

Democracy seems to be catching on around the world. Does that mean peace is just around the corner?

Competing philosophies put pressure on the early church to change its doctrines and practices. One of these contenders was Gnosticism.

Christianity has long claimed Constantine as one of its own. Yet even toward the end of his reign the emperor was open to new philosophical ideas.

In searching for solutions to the malaise of grinding poverty, some innovative approaches have been applied. Do they show the way to relieve the plight of the poor?

In Bangladesh, founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus, has turned the banking system upside down. He tells Vision how this effects the poor of his country.

Many people view gambling, the legalized form in particular, as little more than harmless personal entertainment. Not everyone agrees, of course.

Fascination with poker is growing everywhere, and with it, some rather Machiavellian ideas.

Over a century after Einstein’s first papers on relativity were published, it is challenging to contemplate what has yet to be revealed.

Though the idea that motherhood zaps the brain cells is fairly well-entrenched, recent studies offer some great news countering this myth.

Fairy tales have clearly evolved over the centuries. And the changing tales say a lot about the changing times.

As neuroscience develops tests for particular psychological traits and medical predispositions in individuals, what moral values will govern such information?

Until recently it was generally thought that we are incapable of producing new brain cells after early childhood.

A term borrowed from the film industry serves as a useful metaphor for how we think.