Category Archives: Religion

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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The Holiest Time of the Year…When the Hearts of the Prophets Are Near!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Chip Murray

If ever the world could use a good miracle it is now! The faith of man is being put to the test on every continent and it would seem that our darker nature has us on the ropes…wherever we turn. … Continue reading →

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I’m in an Israel State of Mind, the Lion & the Jackal!

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Chip Murray

I have never in my life witnessed so many people willing to ignore fact to follow narrative. The masters of narrative have made her somewhat irresistible…I will give them that. But when you know your audience as well as they … Continue reading →

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“They Have Taken Away My Lord!”

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Chip Murray

I was at Tea Party meeting recently. A very impressive young man who had just run for political office as a Republican in a very Democratic district had been invited to speak. He lost his race by a surprisingly narrow … Continue reading →

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The Undisputed Heavyweight Champions of Double Standards!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Chip Murray

What if… …in the case of 9/11, the Ft. Hood Shooter, the Time Square Bomber, the Underwear Bomber, decapitations at a UN compound, etc., we replaced the word Muslim with the word Catholic? …a Republican President hosted as many “parties”, … Continue reading →

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There’s Something About Muhammad!

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Chip Murray

The Brutal Murder of Theo Van Gogh– November 2, 2004- A Dutch filmmaker shot, stabbed, throat slit, with a letter stabbed into his chest for making a film considered insulting to Islam. The South Park Incident– April 15, 2010- Death … Continue reading →

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Where is OUR Humanity, They Ask?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Chip Murray

Last night a friend responded to my face book posting of my outrage over our transparent President’s “secret support” for the Libyan rebels. Wondering how I “fell into all this stuff”, he went on to accuse me of being “anti-humanistic … Continue reading →

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President Barack Obama Resigns From Presidency!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Chip Murray

This just in, President Barack Obama has resigned from the Presidency effective at noon today. According to sources close to the President, this historical precedent was the direct result of a spiritual visitation from none other than the nations very … Continue reading →

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