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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.
Gurus and Geeks
[First published in the Real Estate Magazine, April 1998, revised 2016] I obtained the following definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary: GEEK: A carnival performer whose act usually consists of biting the head off a live chicken or snake. GURU: A...
What A Teacher Can Do
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour William Blake, Auguries of Innocence Pierce High School in Arbuckle, California is not the kind of place you would expect a young boy to...
At This Point In Time
At This Point In Time There have been no blossoms during the entire election season. The slight limbs of trees and plants bend from the weight of closed buds. There is no color. Bees remain sullen in the dark intricacies of their swollen homes hung like...
The Meaning of Life
“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” Albert Camus, Intuitions, October 1932 Friday Poem Risk failure Risk looking stupid Risk trying Risk personal...
Angst
“My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous...
May 11
This odd mathematical coincidence caught my eye today as I was trolling Twitter. Richard Feynman was born on May 11, 1918 (see Maria Popova's article at Brain Pickings) Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981 -- See below Maria Popova @brainpicker For Richard Feynman's...
Steps to Security
I recently read The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans by Neal Gabler. As someone who has worked for thirty years as a financial adviser, reading the article was both sobering and painful. It was sobering because it gets to the root of the angst in...
Prince – 1958-2016
The Trolley Problem and The Winter of Our Discontent
The Trolley Problem was first introduced by the British philosopher Phillipa Foot in 1967. Many versions of this problem have been used to elucidate some tricky issues surrounding morality. The Sophie’s Choice-like decision that must be made in the Trolley Problem...
Jean St. Hill
I met Jean in 1987. She had a fascinating family history. Her late husband, Thomas Nast St. Hill, was the grandson of the famous caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast was the creator of our modern version of Santa Claus. He also created the...
Judge, That You May Be Judged!
A personal blog is the ultimate tool of the narcissist. I have these thoughts that must get out of my head. I know it’s not your problem, but you could be part of the solution. Come on. Just a few minutes of your time, that’s all I ask. Not much more anyway. So...