Insight Video: In light of Europe’s financial crisis, an editorial in the New York Times asked, “Where’s Charlemagne When We Need Him?” What can we learn from Charlemagne?
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is second only to the Bible in nonfiction sales. Her dedication to her life goal resulted in its realization, though not in the way she had hoped.
Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine suffers from overstatement, and at times it seems her probing enthusiasm stretches too far to fit examples to her thesis.
As Israel marks 70 years of statehood, we asked political scientist and peace negotiator Menachem Klein about his nation’s fulfilled expectations, its missed opportunities, and the road to peace.
Insight Video: Without adequate water supplies, food cannot be produced. Population growth and increasing prosperity are exerting demands on resources that cannot be withstood.
In the eighth century BCE, the prophet Hosea proclaimed blessings, curses, captivity and ultimate restoration for the ancient kingdom of Israel. But those prophecies actually date from much earlier.
Insight Video: From humble origins Napoleon Bonaparte, the “Little Corporal,” had become a neo-Roman ruler in the style of Julius Caesar. Just how did he do it?
Insight Video: Many scientists are warning that the human footprint is one of indiscriminate destruction and possibly irretrievable loss. Are our days numbered?
New Testament writers, as well as Jesus Himself, often alluded to and quoted from the Hebrew Scriptures. This series explores that section of the Bible, also known as the Old Testament or “The Law, the Prophets and the Writings.”
American and British researchers have identified several indicators that child care now occupies less of the average adult’s lifetime than in past decades.
