A scorpion asked a frog for a lift across the river. The frog replied "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion said "If I sting you then we both will drown." So the frog agreed to give the ...

"A scorpion asks a frog to carry him over a river. The frog is afraid of being stung, but the scorpion argues that if it did so, both would sink and the scorpion would drown. The frog then agrees, but ...

Economic literature is replete with analyses of man’s rationality as an economic unit. This has been received wisdom for ages. But some people are beginning to challenge it. Take for example this year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...