Most of us are familiar with the parable of the scorpion and the frog, in which the frog's charity and kindness is repaid with cruelty by the scorpion. For those that aren’t, let me recount it for you ...

That night, I told all frogs who I am and what I believe. I talked about my 28-year career as a scorpion, almost all of which has been more or less stinger-free, frogwise. I talked about my 12 years ...

To understand the spendaholic nanny-staters running things in Washington today -- by which I mean all the Democrats there and, on any given day, at least half of the Republicans -- you have to ...

AGREEMENT: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, concluded a negotiation over nuclear weapons last week. AP Few residents of the Middle ...

An 1847 illustration of "The Scorpion and the Turtle" from the Kalilah wa-Dimna—an ancient Indian fable that inspired "The Scorpion and the Frog." This centuries-old parable, which has been retold by ...

frog to carry him on his back. The frog was wary: “You’ll sting me,” he said. The scorpion replied, “Why in the world would I do that? If I sting you, I won’t get to the other side!” The frog was ...

A long time ago a very wise old man said, “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” The ability to consistently demonstrate this type of paramount “personal” and emotional ...

Riverbanks can get lonely. Luckily, plenty of eager scorpions are around to offer frogs their company. Consider these happy pairs: The Scorpion: You’re paddling a bit slow. Need a boost? The Frog: Is ...

THE CRYING GAME, a 1992 film by Neil Jordan, is about the revolting and endless twentieth century Irish Troubles. At least some of the time, it is also about the strange bedfellows with which we bunk ...