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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.
The Eyes Have It
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] At the library, Sandman eased himself into a chair, booted up one of the computers and showed him how to access the files of individuals the Securities and Exchange Commission kept on its website as...
The Tragedy of Maxim Gorky: What It Means For Us Today
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36 "The aim of literature is to help man to understand himself, to strengthen the trust in...
Laughter
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] I hate scarce smiles, I love laughing. William Blake annotations to Aphorisms on Man by Johann Caspar Lavater Several have defined man as "an animal which laughs." Henri Bergson, Laughter...
Character
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] You have character. You can be a character. You can create a character, build character or engage in character assassination. There are characters in real life, characters in novels. They can be...
The Art of Empty Spaces
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] On the Paseo de la Reforma, that grand avenue simulating the entrance to an imperial Mexico City that of course no longer exists, there’s a quadrangle of tiny absences, small plazas, where once there...
Monkeying Around: Isak Dinesen, Frida Kahlo, Wislawa Szymborska
[Click on BLUE link for sources and more information] When men by way of their conventions have got themselves into difficulties, then let the monkey in, he will find the unattainable solution. Isak Dinesen, The Monkey I’m old-fashioned and think...
Easter Thoughts
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. John Maynard Keynes Keynes, the famous economist,...
Art Science Business
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] The business of America is business Calvin Coolidge “We didn’t elect a saint.” I’m so tired of the religious right dragging out this sorry explanation for their unwavering support of our...
A Doodle A Day
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information} “You see,” said Thurber sadly, “that’s the way life goes. I write stories with the utmost care, rewriting every one from three to 10 times. I have written so many of them for the New...
What’s With All The Elephant Napkins?
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] I woke up. In the darkness I sensed a presence. I rolled out of bed reluctantly. I went to pee. I made coffee. While drinking my coffee I realized the presence was always with me. A memory....
Why Does “The Bad” Drive Out “The Good”?
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Have you ever wondered why the date you found on that online dating service wasn’t what you expected? Or why the used car you bought turned out to be an old junker? Or why the stock market crashed...
William Blake Today
For sources and more information click on the BLUE links. You may have noticed that Think in the Morning has not posted since January 21st. Sometimes the mind needs a period of silence to clear. We've been reading and pondering, thinking and resting,...