Monthly Archives: July 2021

La Argentina Despues de la Tormenta – Mis Comentarios

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

El punto clave creo de este libro de Francisco Santibanes, un pensador Argentino, es que la Argentina carece de una vision estrategica de largo plazo para fomentar su desarrollo y tambien fortalezer su posicion en un mundo cada dia mas … Continue reading →

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“Life Among the English” – A Review

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

This was a funny little book. It was not a work of academic scholarship, nor was it a popularization, novelesque approach to telling about the development of England as a social and political entity. It was more like a pamphlet … Continue reading →

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“Prisoners of Geography” – A Review

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

“Post Cold War” America, or maybe “globalist” America likes to believe that it has conquered the old tyranny of geography. Olden thoughts meant more for days when it took months to reach America by sea, when communication across the great … Continue reading →

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Borges

Posted on July 7, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

Writers love stories about other writers. “A Moveable Feast” or “The Warmest Country“; the tales of significance and its paucity by others who – like themselves – search for that unique brand of immortality. So a story about a writer … Continue reading →

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“Going Abroad” by Rose Macaulay

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

So I recently finished “Towers of Trebizond”, which was a masterpiece. So good that I immediately went on AbeBooks and bought another four books by Rose Macaulay. To see if all her work compares to her masterpiece. Alas, in this … Continue reading →

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