[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 »
[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 »