by Think In The Morning | Feb 1, 2025 | More |
In How Much Land Does A Man Need Leo Tolstoy offers a lesson in the downside of greed and overreach. I’ll summarize the key point of the story for those who haven’t read it. (Note: spoiler alert.)The story follows a Russian peasant named Pahom. He buys some land then...
by Think In The Morning | Jan 26, 2025 | More |
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. Niels Bohr, Nobel prize-winning physicistWe must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see. Charles Peguy, poet, essayist and editor Just over a...
by Think In The Morning | Jan 22, 2025 | More |
Free Rider: a person or company that gets an advantage without paying for it or earning it. Today’s American left finds itself in a bit of a funk. The new President has jumped out of the starter blocks at lightening speed. His strategy is to declare the election a...
by Think In The Morning | Jan 16, 2025 | More |
Jack of all trades master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one. The Hedgehog and the Fox is arguably Isaiah Berlin’s most famous book, a short book of just 80 pages although in the most recent updated edition it extends to 122 pages with a...
by Think In The Morning | Jan 8, 2025 | More |
Hubris: Excessive pride, self confidence “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again.” America is at one of those lull before the storm...
by Think In The Morning | Dec 27, 2024 | More |
These are strange times in America. Republicans, traditionally the political party of the wealthy owner and business class, have rebranded themselves as the working man’s party while the Democrats, traditionally the political party of labor, the disenfranchised and...
