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Venezuela and the Plastic Sheeting People

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

Yesterday I came across a little video on Twitter produced by the U.S. Government’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance describing an aid package to Venezuela’s refugees living in camps in Brazil and Colombia. There are upwards of 700,000 now in … Continue reading →

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There Once Was a Dream That Was Rome…

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

“There was once a dream that was Rome, you could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish.” Marcus Aurelius, ‘The Gladiator’. Republics are funny things. They are resilient; not brittle or sclerotic like we are … Continue reading →

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Books Matter

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

When I saw the picture of a newly elected President Obama reading Fareed Zacharia’s book “The Post-American World” I knew we were in for a bit of trouble. Not because of Fareed’s religion – as the argument went. But because … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s Ongoing 25 Year Coup

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

Explosions and gunfire rattled through the early morning Caracas silence. “Coup” they said as we stumbled into the living room, and they turned on the television. A tank was knocking down the doors of a palace. Armed figures were flitting … Continue reading →

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