Monthly Archives: February 2024

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

An olive tree lives between 500 and 1500 years. A Lexus loses 30% of its value as soon as you drive it off the lot and will be traded in, in 6.8 years. There is the problem with Tom Friedman’s … Continue reading →

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Our Democracy Needs To Go Back To The Basics

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

In the 1980s the communist dictatorship of Daniel Ortega (Round #1, although Round #2 isn’t communist only purely despotic) would bring journalists from the USA and Europe to show them the revolution. They took them to a few neighborhoods where … Continue reading →

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Beirut to Jerusalem

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

A guy approached me at the gym the other day, pointing down to my copy of “Beirut to Jerusalem” by Thomas Friedman and asked me “Been meaning to read that. Does it hold up?” What he meant was does it … Continue reading →

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But There Are Giants There…

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

“We can’t go down,” the spies told Moses and Israel’s leaders in exile. “There are giants down there!” And Moses most certainly frowned in fury. “Giants? We just defeated the superpower, defied the king, marched out of slavery and destroyed … Continue reading →

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My Poems and Short Stories – in Paperback and #Kindle

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

My little book of poems and short stories is now in Kindle and paperback. Read on!!

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#Venezuela — 25 años de chavismo

Posted on February 3, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

Te imaginarás lo que podría pasar con 25 años mas? Necesitamos Maria Corina – YA!

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I Sit in the Darkness and Say the Law

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

When you google “Island of Dr. Moreau” the first half dozen entries are about the 1996 Val Kilmer movie. A brilliant movie, from back 25 years ago when movies were better because they worried about plot and then filled the … Continue reading →

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