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Essays on current affairs, business, investing, economics and politics can be found in this section. Think in the Morning has no particular incite into any of these areas. We write what we are inspired to write. Read at your own risk.
Politics and Markets 1
In 1977 Charles Lindblom published Politics and Markets. In the book he explored what he called “the privileged position of business” in capitalist democracies. Governments depend on private business to invest, create jobs, and maintain economic stability....
Fiction or Nonfiction? Art or Science?
The only appropriate answer to “fiction or nonfiction? art or science?” is both.Fiction is a simulator. It provides emotional knowledge. How does a character’s suffering, courage, cowardice, love, loss and redemption feel? It provides moral imagination. “What...
The Gilded Presidency
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” Thucydides It’s been fifty years since I studied the history of western civilization at Stanford. My professor, E. Berkeley Tompkins, wrote Anti-Imperialism in the United States: The Great Debate,...
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
Donald Trump and the Evil Queen in Snow White share two overriding traits: their psychological narcissism and their penchant for retribution. You may think it’s strange to have a fairy-tale-like character as President of the United States but it is what it is....
No Kings Day – Convergence, Divergence
No Kings Day – Convergence, Divergence Religious awakenings or revivals often coincide with and sometimes bolster authoritarian political leadership and concentrated business power. The Founders of our early Republic, especially Jefferson and Madison, argued...
The Wild Mushroom Cookbook
One of the advantages of being an author is the opportunity to exchange books with other authors. I recently exchanged my new book of short stories, Pieces of Time (exclusively available at Gallery Books in Mendocino for now) with Alison Gardener's The Wild Mushroom...
Brains vs Brawn
This is a short post inspired by the recent meeting between Secretary of Defense Hegseth, President Trump and top military officers. There seems to be a push by this administration back toward a more muscular, male military. This is odd in the modern warfare world...
Tastless Drivel
My mother did more for me than I can even imagine. Every day I wish she were here so I could tell her something she did that made my life better. High on the list would be that she read to me every day. Some of my earliest memories are of her, book in hand, reading...
Alphabetical Index Of Posts
[Click on BLUE links to access any blog from the list]Napkin Art Gallery LINKBlog Posts in Alphabetical Order 4 Reviews For Behind The Locked Door86’dA Bit of An ItchA Dog in the FightA Doodle A DayA Few Comments About the Old Sea Gull Cellar BarA Few Things I Learned...
Homogeneity, Inequity and Exclusion
The first physics experiment I was assigned in my college physics class was to divide white light into its spectrum, something Newton did three hundred years ago. Nearly two hundred years later Goethe published his Theory of Colors that discussed light in terms of...
Censorship Redux
I don't watch late night television. I'm 79. I can't stay awake. It's true that I "think in the morning" and by the time most late night shows come on, I'm in bed. I'll also admit (mea culpa) that I'm not a great comedy fan although I did like Johnny Carson in his...
A Metaphor
I serendipitously watched The Penguin Lessons recently. The movie is based on a true story by Tom Mitchell (The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned From A Remarkable Bird). The movie is particularly relevant in today's America. Metaphor plays a central role is...