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While Belshazzar Drinks

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

While Belshazzar drank; the aromas of fine wine and elegant foods prepared by the cooks of the greatest empire in the world filled the opulent Assyrian halls of power. The party was reaching crescendo, that moment of inebriation and abandon … Continue reading →

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Dubai – And the Return of the City State

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

Often when I find myself in a faraway land I stop to take a minute, perhaps seated on a dock surrounded by the sounds and smells of fishermen and their craft or lounging unseen against an old wall beside a … Continue reading →

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History is Rhyming

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes.” So the saying goes in an essay I read a short time ago. The article is about the rise of nation states, the separation of church from the state and the placing … Continue reading →

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