Tag Archives: Christmas

A Christmas Blessing in Troubled Times

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

It’s been a little bit hard getting into the Christmas spirit this season. Perhaps COVID fatigue, it has us all down – the level of death compounded by stress of uncertainty and the rage we all experience against the limitations … Continue reading →

Posted in International Affairs | Tagged | Leave a comment

Our Tender Tennessee Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

Millions crowding the public squares and parks in Bogota, a flight from tragedy to sorrow. Crowds sitting silently under plastic sheeting or inside abandoned schools rapidly converted for the needy. The time-honored smells of hallacas and pan de jamon replaced … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Liberty, Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

On Money and the Miserly

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

It was a lazy week in the sleepy suburbs of a West African capital, and I was bored, attending as I had been a conference on something or something else. The lulling drones of the presenters hyphenated by breaks – … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Liberty, philosophy, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment