by Think In The Morning | Aug 4, 2024 | More |
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Change can be difficult but it is inevitable. Think of yourself. You are constantly changing whether you know it or...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 31, 2024 | More |
We all know Donald Trump loves nicknames. Who could forget “Crooked Hillary,” “Sleepy Joe,” “Pocahontas,” “Lyin’ Ted,” and “Little Marco?” He even gave himself the humble nickname “Honest...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 25, 2024 | More |
How to get through a political season that’s likely to be mean and nasty? Smile. Even a writer as serious as Borges knows this. Borges’ peculiar sense of humor led him to make remarks that, intended in jest, today would be considered politically incorrect. On...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 17, 2024 | More |
“[The Importance of Being Earnest] is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it has its philosophy…That we should treat all the trivial things of life very seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.” Oscar Wilde...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 13, 2024 | More |
As I write this I sit in fog drenched Mendocino while much of the country suffers under the horrid heat of a global heat wave. I indulge myself in quiet esthetic contemplation in the midst of an ugly political cat fight that divides the country. In a word I choose...
by Think In The Morning | Jul 7, 2024 | More |
Well, here we are in one hell of a pickle. America may have been here before but never quite as deep in the weeds as we are now. Just weeks away from the two major political conventions both parties are committed to unpopular octogenarians for the highest office in...