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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.
Launch Day
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] This is going to be a different sort of post for me. I’m writing on a subject I know nothing about, a boat launch. I know very little about boats and avoid them when I can since I get terribly...
Inside the Hologram
[Click on the BLUE links for sources and further information] The Vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my Vision’s Greatest Enemy. Thine has a great hook nose like thine; Mine has a snub nose like to mine. Thine is the friend of All Mankind; Mine speaks in...
Loving Animals in Their Proper Place
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] There is at least one thing I agree on with Donald Trump: “Donald was not a dog fan.” As a Godless liberal and unrepentant elitist, I have no plans (nor does Donald) to add a pet to my family in...
Imagination and Reason in the Time of Tragedy: Lao Tzu, Voltaire, Blake, Camus, and Marquez
[Click on BLUE link for sources and further information] “It is certainly the day of judgment,” said Candide. [Candide, or The Optimist by Voltaire] Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau William Blake Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;...
What is the Economic Impact of Natural Disasters?
[Click on BLUE LINKS for further information and sources] It depends on what the meaning of “is” is. Bill Clinton [Note: Make sure to read the last paragraph all the way to the bottom.] Before I was a restaurateur, before I was a financial...
Taking A Break
It has been a year and a half since I created Think in the Morning. I have put up over 150 posts. Many of the posts have been nostalgic memories of the Sea Gull Restaurant and Bar in Mendocino during the time I was the owner/operator. Other posts include...
What About the Grandkids?
I grew up in small town America and look back nostalgically at what I now know was a privileged and cherished childhood. While I lived in a one-parent home and money was tight, I had everything I needed. In spite of the rural agricultural landscape, I had...
Think in the Morning – Splat in the Afternoon
[Click on BLUE links for more information] A few months ago I was climbing down a rickety ladder from a loft in my house with a box of files precariously balanced on one hand, the other hand guiding me down the wobbly rungs of the ladder. My...
The Downside of Inheritance
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. Barry Switzer “Money isn’t everything,” said my mother, “but it...
Tough Love
The stories I will tell now are true or mostly true. I’ve changed the names and taken some liberty with the details. There are things you need to know. It isn’t easy to tell anyone that they are living in an illusion, that they have unrealistic expectations,...
The Watchful Eyes of the Censors
[Click on BLUE links for further information] “Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings.” Heinrich Heine, Almansor Censorship has many faces: burning books, burning witches, burning heretics. While not as...
Ethical Optimism and Integrity: Richard Henry Dana Jr.
[Click on BLUE links for further information] Ever since I was left somewhat alone, without gods, I have been a ferocious believer in the power of small coincidences. That is how chance works, at least for those of us who do not have the certainty of...