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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.
My Week With Pierre Trudeau
NOTE: Click on the highlighted links for sources and further information. Pierre and Justin Trudeau, the father and son Prime Minister team, were blessed with good luck as well as good looks. When Trudeau the elder ran for PM of Canada, Nixon and Humphrey were...
A House Divided
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
JP’s Books
UPDATE: And now, there is this fascinating fact: New Study Links Reading More Books To Longer Lifespan I have a friend. Let’s just call him JP. He’s a little older than I am and much smarter. He’s cleaning house, disposing of the books he’s kept for years,...
I Am a Computer Simulation
I woke up this morning in a fright, woke up from a long dream in which I imagined I was a computer simulation. And now, and now I’m not sure if I’m dreaming this that I’m writing and if the dream was reality or the other way around. I’m not crazy. Please do not...
Cow Hollow Bartender Assaults Seniors
DORIAN bartender Jacob Ring, “Torito” to his friends, was up to his usual tricks Saturday night. The youthful looking thirty-eight year old was once again serving drinks to senior citizens as if they were normal people. No matter the four unsuspecting seniors were...
L’Osteria
I don’t do restaurant reviews. This is an exception. I expect there will be more. San Francisco is a special place for me. I remember as a young boy first visiting San Francisco with my father sixty years ago. He was the owner of a restaurant and hotel in the...
Daniel Bolelli, Thomas Paine, and St. John of the Cross
As our Independence Day fades into the unsavory miasma of what proves to be an entertaining but disappointing Presidential election season, I find myself unable to let go of one of my all-time heroes, Tom Paine. Googling about in a fit of nostalgia for the “good ole...
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...