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Pvt. Treptow’s Pledge

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Chip Murray

“America must win this war. Therefore, I will work, I will save, I will sacrifice, I will endure, I will fight cheerfully and do my utmost, as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone.” ~ Pvt. … Continue reading →

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How Can We Make Chris Hayes More Comfortable?

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Chip Murray

Why do I feel so uncomfortable about the word ‘hero’? I feel uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. I don’t want to obviously desecrate or … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up, May 27th 2012 Edition!

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Chip Murray

But this stranger is so hard to see, when we’re looking for someone to be. The next winner will never be free….from his own loser… – Chip Murray, “Like I Do” There are three people in the world today; Freedom-loving … Continue reading →

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Honor the Fallen by Holding Their Values!

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Chip Murray

The moderation and virtue of a single character …probably prevented this revolution from being closed, as most others have been, by a subversion of that liberty it was intended to establish.– Thomas Mifflin, in his response to Washington’s Resignation Speech … Continue reading →

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