Once upon a time, around 2010 or so, there lived a hardworking ant and a carefree grasshopper. The grasshopper was hopping to his heart’s content one sunny morning when the ant trudged by, bearing a ...

Since the beginning of recorded history, fables have been a popular method of giving instruction. Each fable contains a short narrative that seeks to illustrate a hidden message. Generally speaking, ...

Most people are familiar with the popular fable commonly attributed to Aesop, "The Ant and the Grasshopper". The ants work tirelessly through the summer collecting and storing food to last them ...

In the Aesop Fable "The Grasshopper and the Ant," there are moral, economic and political lessons for our time, or any other. As the story goes, the lazy grasshopper wiles away his summer days singing ...

I just witnessed a political ad from a candidate seeking a high office in Minnesota promising to make it illegal to shut off utilities to a customer during the cold winter months. I was reminded of ...

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to ...