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
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
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
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
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
Welcome, readers, to mid-January’s issue of Synchronized Chaos Magazine! We recognize various observances this month: American civil rights leader Martin Luther King’s birthday, Holocaust Memorial Day, Clean Energy Month and World Braille Day and strive to make our publication as … Continue reading
This month’s submissions explore when to persevere towards your dreams and when it’s smarter to let go and surrender into the flow of life and the universe around you. When to grasp and catch, and when and how to gracefully … Continue reading