Monthly Archives: March 2018

Reading “The Hobbit” to my little boy

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

I just finished reading The Hobbit to my little boy. It’s fitting, I think – isn’t it? That his first real book, “A chapter book” as he calls it, would be that one. Oh sure we’ve read Dr. Seuss and … Continue reading →

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Debt and Polarization – Then What??

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

This week my wife is taking a trip – nervous, first time she’s leaving our little one in my care voluntarily. Latina mamas; as if for want of foresight my boy and I will starve each other as we descend … Continue reading →

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Who Considers the Lost Places?

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

In a world that is coming apart at the seams; who notices the lost places? They talk about the sixth great extinction, those who live in Styrofoam palaces and with tin voices lament the loss. The coming anarchy. The return … Continue reading →

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The Kings of West Africa

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

A petty noble emerges; a void or a vacuum, leftovers of a great war or famine is filled by his dominion and something new is born. It grows, consuming all in its path, for stability in empire is mostly secured … Continue reading →

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GenZ: Hegel and the Anti-Millennials

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

We never consider ourselves to have gotten old. Age creeps up on all of us, that proverbial ‘thief in the night’; and before you know it you are deep in online calculators, counting the days until your little boy goes … Continue reading →

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The Story of Two Minds

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

They say that together two minds are much better, a fact that I have known as true; And this my dear friend is the truth I defend as to why I am grateful for you; For success we’ve been praised … Continue reading →

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The Nostalgia and Sorrow of the Southwest

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

There is something special for me about Native American literature. Maybe it’s because so many of the stories take place in lands that I also have known. For I too am a child of the southwest and have the desert … Continue reading →

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