Archive - Jerome at-large: Thinking on the state of things

February 2025

Whose nose? Whose fist? Whose freedom?

Isn’t it about time we stop making children pay the price for their parents' imagined “freedom?”

Feb 26 •

Jerome Christenson

A pink slip for Smokey Bear?

Chester Arthur would not approve.

Feb 23 •

Jerome Christenson

Yah, it was cold…so what? Life, we would learn, is full of “so whats.”

Feb 19 •

Jerome Christenson

Sound of silence

Silence is essential because it allows you to hear the quiet voice of God...

Feb 15 •

Jerome Christenson

Why the 1.6 percent matters

Beware the sweet allure of cruelty.

Feb 12 •

Jerome Christenson

Chiefly uninterested

"Football, on the other hand, is a zero sum game..."

Feb 9 •

Jerome Christenson

Not calling anybody a dumb cluck, but…

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." Mark Twain

Feb 5 •

Jerome Christenson

January 2025

January 20, 2025, 12:01 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

“…a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; …an idiot, full of sound and fury…

Jan 29 •

Jerome Christenson

December 2024

Back in the saddle again...

(With apologies to Gene Autry)

Dec 31, 2024 •

Jerome Christenson

August 2024

Sing along with me: “School days, school days.

Aug 21, 2024 •

Jerome Christenson

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