[November 15, 2026] I had the pleasure recently of speaking with Matías Bombal on the Father Drucker radio show (WWDB 860 AM). Matías (a film historian, former movie-palace manager, and showman) comments on new films with the perspective of someone steeped in the golden era, often noting how older plot devices reappear in modern movies. I find him… Read More »
[November 14, 2026] This Aesop Fable is one of the clearest and oldest warnings in the tradition against expecting gratitude or fair return from the ungrateful and the wicked: The Wolf and the Crane. Service rendered to a scoundrel is often repaid with nothing more than the privilege of having been allowed to serve. A Wolf had got… Read More »
[November 13, 2026] This one of Aesop’s fables is one of the clearest and oldest warnings in the tradition against mistaking borrowed appearance for real character: The Ass in the Lion’s Skin. A disguise may frighten the unwary for a time, but words and nature eventually declare what a creature truly is. An Ass once found a Lion’s… Read More »
[November 11, 2026] Hello, my friend, General Satterfield. It seems that every time we turn around, we are having our Memorial Day services or Veterans Day ceremonies, where we remember the heroes who have been bringing peace to our country for many years. General, I must be very honest: it is hard for me to speak or think… Read More »
[November 10, 2026] Adam Bellow has spent forty years in publishing. In the September 13, 2026 issue of SAPIR, he makes a hard claim. America is in trouble, and the trouble started on a bookshelf. He is very blunt about what’s happening. A radical socialist movement is winning elections. Hatred of Jews and of Israel has turned vicious.… Read More »
[November 9, 2026] This is one of the clearest and most enduring warnings in the tradition against envy, vanity, and the refusal to accept natural limits: The Frog and the Ox. It is easy to resent what is larger and strongerThe Frog and the Ox Interpreted . It is another matter entirely to destroy yourself trying to match it.… Read More »
[November 8, 2026] Fyodor Dostoevsky lived in 19th-century Russia. He wrote novels that dig deep into what it means to be human. He knew suffering firsthand. He spent years in a Siberian prison camp, struggled with money, and faced hard choices. Yet his books still speak to people today. His writings show that life is full of pride,… Read More »
[November 4, 2026] Another of Aesop’s fables. This is one of the most direct and enduring warnings in the tradition against the gap between talk and action: Belling the Cat. It is easy to propose remedies. It is another matter entirely to carry them out when the cost is high. Long ago, the mice held a general council… Read More »
[November 3, 2026] Another of Aesop’s fables. This is one of the most direct and enduring warnings in the tradition against misplaced compassion and the refusal to see character clearly: The Farmer and the Snake. One winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it… Read More »
[November 2, 2026] A week ago, at a Turning Point USA “Pick Up the Mic” event at the University of Texas at San Antonio, 19-year-old Isabela “Isa” Casahuga Lemgruber (who introduced herself as “Pamper Baby”) stepped up to the microphone and recited a short parody of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” that mocked the assassination of Charlie Kirk.… Read More »