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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.
One Mendocino Morning
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five? William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell One Mendocino morning I woke up to the melodious,...
Easter Thoughts – In Defense of Moderation
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. LewisIf he was not God, he was no realist, only a liar, and the...
The End of Cash?
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Many years ago in one of my first college economics classes the professor speculated that cash would soon become a thing of the past. The developed world and the United States were moving, in his view, inexorably...
Ex Uno Plures
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand… Matthew 12:25 Donald Trump is a...
Planned Obsolescence Update
[Read our Planned Obsolescence post HERE]Our friend and reader, Abe,, sent a response to our Planned Obsolescence post. We thought it was too good not to share. Enjoy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFptlmGCOVI
Planned Obsolescence
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] I remember the Fuller Brush man calling on my house when I was in grade school. As I recall, he had a box that opened to an array of brushes one of which I chose and paid for with my own money. I worked at the...
The Real National Emergency In America
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:36-38 King James Version (KJV) The best and...
My Zany Valentine
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] On the night of the festival of Lupercalia, in the second year of the reign of Claudius Gothicus, in the 1022nd year since the founding of the city, at the order of Quintus Mimmius, procurator of games,...
The Super Bowl Indicator and Other Nonsense
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information.] The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Kenneth Galbraith Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. Niels Bohr Caveat emptor :...
A Bit Of An Itch
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] And he struck Job with a grievous burning rash from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Job: 2-7 [The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary, Robert...
While We Are Out
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] While we are on an indefinite hiatus (due to MINOR but ANNOYING medical issues), TITM thought it might be a good idea to provide a list of some of our favorite online sites. Don't get too attached. We...
Under the Weather
Think in the Morning staff is currently under the weather. We are taking a few days, weeks, months off until we can think clearly again. Don't go away. We will be back. A productive use of this time for our readers would be to read some of our older posts...