Category Archives: Religion

Judgment Day for the Progressives!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Chip Murray

Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice…. Wall to Wall Press for a Fossilized Evangelical Snake Oil Peddler on one side of the Judgment Day Fence! And on the other side…Wall to Wall Facts, Figures and Numbers that … Continue reading →

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Public Enemy #1 Versus The Girly Men!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Chip Murray

“I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.”                                                         Thomas Paine, Statesman Great words from a great man in a sea of great men…a long, long time ago! Fast … Continue reading →

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Group Think, Collectivism & The Shape I’m In!

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Chip Murray

“Save your neck or save your brother Looks like it’s one or the other Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in.”- The Band It seems like another lifetime and a bad marriage ago, but my mind drifted back as … Continue reading →

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We’re Wide Awake! Now What?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Chip Murray

I was much happier when I was asleep! We’ve all had the experience of waking up and not being able to get back to sleep. I personally subscribe to the early to bed, early to rise formula. At 4am, it … Continue reading →

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Ten Years After…The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Chip Murray

                                                                     The Good Ten years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, I listened to interviews with Sheri Burlingame and David Beamer. Sheri is the wife of Charles Burlingame, the hijacked pilot whose plane hit the Pentagon. And David … Continue reading →

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Freedom & Fresh Air!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Chip Murray

I remember breathing air so fresh and pure as a kid…I can still smell it when I think about it. It’s different now…slowly over time, day by day, it’s just different now. And the funny thing is that nobody younger … Continue reading →

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Old Habits and New Paths

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Chip Murray

So how was your weekend? Mine was…I guess you’d say bitter-sweet. Just like life itself, there was some good stuff and some not so good stuff. Oh well, if we can come away a little wiser, eh? There is something … Continue reading →

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Principled Leadership, or Pay to Play?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Chip Murray

There’s a commonly understood axiom in the economic development community of New York known as pay to play. Many successful businessmen and entrepreneurs, who also happen to be fine upstanding citizens, simply consider it the cost of doing business. A … Continue reading →

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The Resurrection!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Chip Murray

“The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.” – Ayn Rand, writer Who stood more alone against the men of his time than did Christ himself? Rand, as an atheist, would … Continue reading →

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Yesterday “Atlas Shrugged”. Today, He is on Life Support!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Chip Murray

“The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.” — Ayn Rand, writer I think of my childhood and the childhoods of the many friends I grew up with in the ultra … Continue reading →

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