Essay from Jeff Rasley
You Have to Get Lost Before You Can Be Found Jeff Rasley Pikey Peak base camp is a yak herding station. Our group of three trekkers from the US and staff of seven Nepalese were camped there in anticipation … Continue reading
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Essay from Jeff Rasley
A Modest Proposal to Cure what Ails the Body Politic in Facebook A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln The almost-deadly attack by a gunman at a Republican baseball practice on June 14th briefly focused national attention on … Continue reading
Essay from Jeff Rasley
Memories of a Childhood Hero; Nostalgia and the Cost of Hero Worship by Jeff Rasley Chip Hilton was perfect – at least in the mind of this boy growing up in a small town in Indiana before the Beatles were … Continue reading
Essay from Jeff Rasley
The Phoenix Rises at the University of Chicago by Jeff Rasley John D. Rockefeller gave the money and Marshall Field gave the land to create the University of Chicago in 1890. Rockefeller considered the U of C “the best investment … Continue reading
Travel essay from Jeff Rasley
My Second Home, Basa Village The first time I went to Nepal it was 1995 and I was amazed and bewildered by the cultural potpourri of Katmandu. The drive from Tribhuvan International Airport to the Mustang Hotel was a moving … Continue reading
Travel essay from Jeff Rasley
Pilgrimage to Wounded Knee I spent an hour hiking around the grounds of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, but not seeing Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, or Lincoln. Fog shrouded the mountain and hid the Presidents. I competed with hundreds of … Continue reading
Synchronized Chaos First June Issue 2025: Revival and Rejuvenation
First, here are a few announcements. Jeff Rasley’s released a new book, Presbyterian vs Methodist Youth Group Rumble in Pokagon Park. This is a light-hearted satire of teen life and the heightened emotions of the age. Jacques Fleury was also … Continue reading