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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Freedom isn’t “Just Another Word”

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Chip Murray

Now we’re in the midst of the ultimate battle in the culture war – the battle for the First Amendment – and if Republicans don’t recognize this is a war and fight like their existence depends on victory, nothing else … Continue reading →

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A Special Thanksgiving Tune-up ~ Our Modern Day Hirō Onoda

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Chip Murray

Hirō Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender in 1945. After Onoda spent 29 years holding out in the Philippines, his former commander traveled … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up, January 15th 2012 Edition!

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Chip Murray

Deja vu Blues (Please listen after reading) I don’t need no mansion on a hill to feel the sunshine on my window sill. Don’t need religion to find the best of me, I give it all away religiously… …and when … Continue reading →

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Beauty or Treason and the High Road to Reason

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Chip Murray

There is an old saying; beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The same then must be true of lesser human qualities such as, say…treason. Trea-son (tre’-zen) n. 1- Betrayal, treachery, or breach of allegiance toward a sovereign or government. 2- … Continue reading →

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