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440 stories Updated Aug 31, 2026 Related desks: Travel & Lifestyle

The lead Aug 31, 2026 4

The Enduring Advice of Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac

Franklin's almanac, printed from 1732 to 1758, gave us "A penny saved is a penny earned" and "Lost time is never found again" — lines that still hold.

Robert B. Charles

Aug 27, 2026 15

The Happy Warrior: Lessons in Self-Control From Colin Powell

Colin Powell warned, "Never let your position get so close to your ego that when your position falls, your ego goes with it" — a discipline today's activists reject.

Robert B. Charles

Aug 25, 2026 3

How to Defend Your Faith

A high school theology teacher of seven years lays out the case that faith and reason don't contradict, starting with a principle any skeptic must accept: two opposing claims…

Thomas Griffin

Aug 21, 2026 1

Longfellow’s Seaside Memories and the Whimsy of Youth

Longfellow, born in Maine and known for Paul Revere's Ride, looked back on his Portland boyhood in "My Lost Youth," with its refrain: "A boy's will is the wind's will."

Robert B. Charles

Aug 20, 2026 6

Theodore Roosevelt's Timeless Lesson on Courage in "Iron Times"

Nine days after Roosevelt praised the last Union veterans as "iron men" on September 5, 1901, President McKinley was shot, and Roosevelt was suddenly called to live those words.

Robert B. Charles

Aug 14, 2026 6

Carpe Diem: What Robert Frost Really Meant About Seizing the Day

Robert Frost's poem "Carpe Diem" argues the opposite of its title, that we live less in the present than in the past, where happiness is finally understood.

Robert B. Charles