Monthly Archives: September 2017

The Politics of Everything

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

Do you love your life, and all its riches? Have you ever read a novel, turning page after page after page as your bedside clock ticks away the seconds, the minutes, the hours; anxiety at tomorrow’s exhaustion an insufficient motivator … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Jamaica!

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

There’s a little island a few hours south of the US, in the Caribbean, where people are wont to go to relax. Thick green jungles that climb five and six stories high, dark but not menacing – a fertile goodness … Continue reading →

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Lords of Misrule, Joel D. Hirst

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

A new review of my novel “Lords of Misrule” – please share.

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#GrahamCassidy – Reason and Experience

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

A while back, during a previous presidential campaign, I wrote an article about America; about unity and values and a common culture, – about cooperation within the vision of America institutionalized by our founders in our constitution. I know, big … Continue reading →

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Balance, Sovereignty and Trump’s #UNGA

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

“Be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s a great balancing act.” Dr. Seuss Balance, hard choices – opportunity costs as the economists call them; managing scarcity in a world of want. Life … Continue reading →

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Trump and the Truth about Communism

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

I was once talking to a wise old friend about communism – specifically about its enduring nature in the imaginations of men. “The problem,” I said, “is that, unlike the Nazi ideology which we defeated forty years earlier and then … Continue reading →

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War and The Quiet American

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

War mixes everything up. Or maybe everything is already mixed up and war just jumbles it around. Love and lust and vulnerability; ambition and power and youth. Ideologies and instincts, all shaken together and served upon a platter before a … Continue reading →

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“Lord of the Flies” – A Book Review

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

I just re-read “Lord of the Flies”. Like all Americans, I read this book first in High School. Re-reading it twenty five years later was enlightening. And reading it after I myself have authored four novels (and am halfway through … Continue reading →

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On Africa and Inequality

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

I live in Africa. For those who read my ramblings frequently, this will not come as a surprise. Africa, the hardest of places – sadness, despair, misery. A darkness that is not a comment on the brightness of the sun … Continue reading →

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