[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 »
[October 31, 2026] As kids we treated Halloween as a candy haul and a chance to wear a skeleton suit. That was a great time for us. The night worked out well. Yet the same night that filled Piggly Wiggly grocery bags also carried older meanings that modern psychology helps us recover. It shows how human beings use… Read More »
[October 29, 2026] For many who follow the Catholic Church, we have noticed that the church’s senior leaders make public announcements that are inconsistent with the faith. What we have witnessed raises the question whether the Catholic Church is for sale. Lay Catholic and opinion writer Joseph Fosco has focused much of his writing calling for the consistent… Read More »
[October 26, 2026] Another of Aesop’s fables. This is one of the most ancient fables on record, and predates Aesop by centuries. It is also one of the least known: The Hawk and the Nightingale. And now I will tell a fable for princes who themselves understand. Thus said the hawk to the nightingale with speckled neck, while… Read More »
[October 23, 2026] Aesop’s fable involving a race between two very different contestants remains my personal favorite. The Tortoise and the Hare has lessons for us all; from the youngest to the oldest. “A Hare was one day making fun of a Tortoise for being so slow upon his feet. “Wait a bit,” said the Tortoise; “I’ll run… Read More »
[October 18, 2026] Aesop’s fable The Belly and the Members is one not often found in children’s books, but one that is both older and with considerable usefulness. I believe you will like the story and what it ultimately means. In the days when all the parts of the human body were not as now agreeing together, but… Read More »
[October 16, 2026]. The recent video on AI Sees Western Civilization and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech got me thinking about the origins of the “rights” we enjoy. Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, produced one of the clearest statements of those rights. What did he mean by them? The answer sits at the… Read More »
Hero: Seaman Doug Hegdahl [October 15, 2026] Douglas Brent “Doug” Hegdahl III is a former U.S. Navy sailor and Vietnam War POW known for an extraordinary act of intelligence gathering while imprisoned at the Hỏa Lò Prison (the “Hanoi Hilton”). Today, I’m calling him a hero. He enlisted in the Navy in 1966 after high school. On the… Read More »